Hreša

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Hreša is a mountain village located near Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hreša is located in Istočni [[Stari Grad, Sarajevo Stari Grad]](Cyrillic: Источни Стари Град), municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was also known as Srpski Stari Grad (Српски Стари Град), and was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Stari Grad (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). Hreša is the bigest part of Istočni Stari Grad (East Old Town).

Hreša got name by "Hreša" rock (originally Reša), very well known kind of rock in Balcan peninsula. A lot of Sarajevo's streets are built of hreša rock. Also, there are a lot of gravestones in Bosnia and Herzegovina made of hreša rock.

Population of Hreša is thereabout 1000 people, all serbs.