Šargovac

Šargovac
Village

Construction of the Orthodox Church in Šargovac
Šargovac
Coordinates: 44°49′50″N 17°10′54″E / 44.83056°N 17.18167°E / 44.83056; 17.18167
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity Republika Srpska
Municipality Banja Luka
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Šargovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шарговац) is a village in the municipality of Banja Luka (present-day Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina).[1]

During [{World War II]], on 7 February 1942, Ustaše paramilitaries, led by a Franciscan monk, Miroslav Filipović (aka Tomislav Filipović-Majstorović), killed more than 2,300 Serbs (among them 500 children)[2] in Drakulić, Motike, and Šargovac.

References

  1. Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
  2. "Radio-Televizija Republike Srpske". Rtrs.tv. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

Coordinates: 44°49′50″N 17°10′54″E / 44.83056°N 17.18167°E / 44.83056; 17.18167

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