Knešpolje, Široki Brijeg

Knešpolje
Кнешпоље
Knešpolje
Coordinates: 43°22′10″N 17°37′58″E / 43.36944°N 17.63278°ECoordinates: 43°22′10″N 17°37′58″E / 43.36944°N 17.63278°E
Country  Bosnia
Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Knešpolje is a settlement within the municipality of Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1991, the settlement had a population of 1,110.[1] It is located along the Mostar-Široki Brijeg roadway.

History

Knešpolje was first linked to Mostar by road in 1896 under what was then Austro-Hungarian rule. Knešpolje is the site of two World War II mass graves.[2] The exhumation of these remains is set to begin in 2010.[3]

Culture

The village is home to the Church of St. John the Baptist (Crkva sv. Ivana Krstitelja).

Population

Knešpolje
style="background: bgcolor="#F5DEB3" | Year style="background: bgcolor="#C2B280" | 1991. style="background: bgcolor="#C2B280" | 1981. style="background: bgcolor="#C2B280" | 1971.
Croats 1,105 (99.54%) 975 (99.69%) 951 (100%)
Yugoslavs 3 (0.27%) 0 0
Others and Unknown 2 (0.18%) 3 (0.30%) 0
style="background: bgcolor="#F5DEB3" |Total 1,110 978 951

References

  1. Nacionalni sastav stanovništva - Rezultati za Republiku po opštinama i naseljenim mjestima 1991., Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo.
  2. Ostaci četvorice franjevaca u masovnoj grobnici Dubrava?, Dnevni list
  3. Uskoro počinju iskapanja u masovnoj grobnici Dubrava-Knešpolje