Gacko

The municipality covers an area of {{convert|736|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, making it one of the largest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The town is near the state border with Montenegro.

In the 14th century the region was governed by the powerful Vojinović family.{{cite book|last=Fine|first=John Van Antwerp Jr.|author-link=John Van Antwerp Fine Jr.|title=The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest|publisher=University of Michigan Press|year=1994|isbn=978-0-472-08260-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hh0Bu8C66TsC|page=53}}

In 1359, veliki čelnik Dimitrije controlled the region.{{cite book|title=Glas|volume=78–80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsU0AQAAIAAJ|year=1908|publisher=SANU|page=196}}

The rebels were defeated at the field of Gacko. This was ultimately due to the lack of foreign support.{{cite book|last=Ćorović|first=Vladimir|author-link=Vladimir Ćorović|year=2001|orig-year=1997|title=Историја српског народа|url=http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-bl/istorija/corovic/istorija/index.html|chapter=Преокрет у држању Срба|chapter-url=http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-bl/istorija/corovic/istorija/6_5.html|language=sr|publisher=Јанус|location=Belgrade}}

Austro-Hungarian authorities took it over in 1878, a decision which was made at the Berlin Congress. In 1908, Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina sparking the Bosnian Crisis, which eventually led to World War I.

After the war, Gacko joined the State of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and later the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by the end of 1918. These were the first moments of Yugoslavia's existence.

The Croatian fascist Ustaše movement committed the Gacko massacre on 4 June 1941. In response, on 6 June 1941 the rebels from Gacko under the command of Orthodox priest Radojica Perišić started the uprising against the genocidal Independent State of Croatia known as the June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina. The communist historiography intentionally ignored the pre-22 June rebels in Eastern Herzegovina and Sanski Most, because they occurred in the period of collaboration between the communists and fascists, therefore contradicting the communist narrative about rebels being led by communists.{{cite web |last1=Mandić |first1=Petar |title=Prva puška hercegovačka |url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/reportaze/aktuelno.293.html:610805-Prva-puska-hercegovacka |website=Novosti |publisher=Večernje Novosti |access-date=28 April 2020}} On the other hand, the first Partisan battalion established in Gacko at the end of 1941 was named "6th June" in honor of the first date of the uprising.{{cite book|title=Književnost|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tvESAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Prosveta|page=7|quote=Да је овај Устанак почео 6. а не 7. јуна, зна се и по томе што се први партизански батаљон, који је настао у Гацку крајем 1941. године, звао Батаљон 6. јун}} During the period after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gacko municipality proclaimed 6 June as their holiday in honor of the beginning of the uprising and held public ceremonies on 6 June named the Day of Gacko.{{cite web |last1=Crnogorac |first1=Svetozar |title=DAN ZA ISTORIJU – 6. JUN 1941: Hercegovci započeli prvi ustanak u porobljenoj Evropi |url=https://www.herceg.tv/drustvo/3521/dan-za-istoriju-6-jun-1941-hercegovci-zapoceli-prvi-ustanak-u-porobljenoj-evropi |website=Herceg TV |access-date=28 April 2020}}

When the German and Italian Zones of Influence were revised on 24 June 1942, Gacko fell in {{ill|Zone II (NDH)|lt=Zone II|hr|Druga zona (NDH)}}, administered civilly by Croatia but militarily by Italy.{{sfn|Trgo|1964|p=341}}

Aside from the town of Gacko, the municipality includes the following settlements:

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• Avtovac
• Bahori
• Bašići
• Berušica
• Brajićevići
• Branilovići
• Cernica
• Čemerno
• Danići
• Dobrelji
• Domrke
• Donja Bodežišta
• Dramešina
• Dražljevo
• Drugovići
• Dubljevići
• Fojnica
• Gareva
• Gornja Bodežišta
• Gračanica
• Gradina
• Hodinići
• Igri
• Izgori
• Jabuka
• Jasenik
• Jugovići
• Kazanci
• Ključ
• Kokorina
• Kravarevo
• Kula
• Lipnik
• Lončari
• Luka
• Lukovice
• Ljeskov Dub
• Medanići
• Međuljići
• Mekavci
• Melečići
• Miholjače
• Mjedenik
• Mrđenovići
• Muhovići
• Nadinići
• Novi Dulići
• Platice
• Poda
• Pridvorica
• Pržine
• Ravni
• Rudo Polje
• Samobor
• Slivlja
• Soderi
• Srđevići
• Stambelići
• Stari Dulići
• Stepen
• Stolac
• Šipovica
• Šumići
• Ulinje
• Višnjevo
• Vratkovići
• Vrba
• Zagradci
• Zurovići
• Žanjevica

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The Gacko coal mine and thermoelectric powerplant is located in the municipality, and is also the largest employer in the area.

The following table gives a preview of the total number of registered people employed in professional fields per their core activity (as of 2018):{{cite web |title=Cities and Municipalities of Republika Srpska |url=http://www2.rzs.rs.ba/static/uploads/bilteni/gradovi_i_opstine_republike_srpske/2019/Gradovi_I_Opstine_Republike_Srpske_2019_WEB.pdf |website=rzs.rs.ba |publisher=Republika Srspka Institute of Statistics |access-date=31 December 2019 |date=25 December 2019}}

The local football club, FK Mladost Gacko, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska.

Volleyball teams, both men's and women's, are among the most successful in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the women's volleyball team being vice champions multiple times, also winning the Cup of Republika Srpska once.

• Admir Ćatović, footballer
• Nemanja Supić, footballer
• Vukašin Višnjevac, football coach
• Vule Avdalović, basketball player
• Nemanja Gordić, basketball player
• Sava Vladislavić, diplomat
• Bogdan Zimonjić, priest and vojvoda (military commander)

• Fazlagić Tower

{{Reflist}}

• {{Cite book|last=Bataković|first=Dušan T.|title=The Serbs of Bosnia & Herzegovina: History and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3xpAAAAMAAJ|date=1996|publisher=Dialogue Association|isbn=978-2-911527-10-4 }}
• HadžiMuhamedović, Safet (2018) [http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HadziMuhamedovicWaiting Waiting for Elijah: Time and Encounter in a Bosnian Landscape]. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books.
• {{cite book |date=1964 |editor-first=Fabijan |editor-last=Trgo |title=Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o Narodno-oslobodilačkom ratu Jugoslovenskih naroda |volume=V,32 |url=https://znaci.org/zb/4_5_32.htm}}

{{Commons category|Gacko}}

• {{Official website|http://gacko-rs.info/}}

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Category:Populated places in Gacko

Category:Cities and towns in Republika Srpska