Facebook ► / bosanskitefericc Knežina is a populated place in the Sokolac municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Knežina was once a town, while in the recent past it existed as a village. The settlement of Knežina is located 12 km northwest of Sokolac, and 26 km southeast of Olovo, on the regional road R-468 (Sokolac - Olovo). The Bioštica River flows through the settlement. There are a number of hillforts in the village of Knežina and its surroundings, and it is assumed that this area has been inhabited since the Illyrians. The presence of a large number of necropolises with stećak tombstones indicates that Knežina and its surroundings were densely populated in the Middle Ages. During the Ottoman rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Knežina was a place in the Pavle vilayet, and in the Olovo nahija. At the end of the 16th century, it was included in the new kadiluk of Birač (Vlasenica), which also included Knežina and its surroundings. There is a claim that the seat of the Biracki kadiluk was first in the Knežina. In a document from 1563, the Principality is referred to as Kasaba. It received that status on the basis of a certain internal content of the settlement and on the basis of a formal-legal act issued by the sultan. For this purpose, they had to be built, first of all, a mosque and a number of craftsmen's bazaars, then a school, a market for livestock and agricultural products, and an inn, i.e. a caravanserai. From the report to the Roman See of Bosnian Bishop Maravič from 1655, it can be seen that the place had about 300 houses and 1,500 inhabitants, four mosques, one or two mektebs, a hammam and a courthouse where the kadi sat, then a turbe and an inn. The downfall of Knežina There are several possible, but historically unconfirmed, reasons for the downfall of Knežina: After the Vienna War in 1683, according to little-known data, in the campaign of the Austrian army under the leadership of Eugene of Savoy, almost all urban settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered from looting and fire, so Knežina probably also perished then. There is another version of the destruction of the Principality, which is that the Principality was set on fire by Montenegrin bandits. The third version says that the Princess perished in a fire around 1765. The fourth version says that the population of the Principality was decimated by plague in the middle of the 18th century. Since the beginning or middle of the 18th century, the principality has had the character of a village and as such saw the end of the Ottoman rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1885, according to the official census during the Austro-Hungarian rule, Knežina had the status of a village with a total of 45 houses and 199 inhabitants. Sultan Selim's Mosque, the most monumental building in the town of Knežine, was demolished in the summer of 1992 and rebuilt in 2011. It was declared a national cultural monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Night of the Bosnian Teferič, Hotel Heco Plus Sarajevo. Reservations and info: 062/277-128, All people of good will are welcome. Teferič is: having fun, partying, enjoying nature, a trip to nature for the purpose of fun and entertainment. Teferič has also entered our dear sevdalinka - "do you miss Banja Luka, Banja Luka Teferič, near Vrbas akšamluk...". The old big Teferič was usually held on August 2nd on Aliđun. The famous Teferičs that were held in big cities, but also in villages and hamlets, are known throughout our homeland. At the Teferič, people really 'got fat', ate, drank and had fun. Oxen, sheep, and kids were turning on the spit, and the most beautiful hymns were sung, sevdalinka were sung. He has a brother and a teferič under his own direction. Working people, what they usually do, take advantage of some kind of national holiday or weekend and settle down next to a beautiful river, stream and feast on kebabs, kebabs and juices. Someone brings the ball, another chess and the third darts. He has fun, makes friends and makes love.