Posavje Great Parish

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Posavje Great Parish
Great Parish of Independent State of Croatia
1941 – 1945
Location of Posavje
Map of the parish after September of 1943
Capital Brod na Savi
History
 - Established 1941
 - Disestablished 1945
Area
 - 1941 5,554 km² (2,144 sq mi)
Population
 - 1941 est. 498,398 
     Density 89.7 /km²  (232.4 /sq mi)
Today part of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Posavje Great Parish (Croatian: Velika župa Posavje) was an administrative division of the Independent State of Croatia. It was made of the kotars of Brod, Županja, Brčko, Derventa, Gradačac and Bijeljina. Its capital was in Brod.

It had a population of 498398 people in 1941.[1] It had an area of 5,554 square kilometres.[2]

[edit] Leaders (Veliki župan)

  • dr. Vladimir Sabolić (1941-June 1943)
  • dr. Muhamed Omerović (June 1943-1944)
  • dr. Dragutin Urumović (1944-1945)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Period of the Second World War
  2. ^ Topalović, Vjenceslav. Srednja Bosna - ne zaboravimo hrvatske zrtve 1941-50./1991-95. HIC, Zagreb 2000.