Kula iznad Sarajeva.

Here is one more old castles in Sarajevo. Beautiful place to visit if going there. I will ad more historical information later.

Srebrenik Kula

Srebrenik was first mnentioned 15 February 1333 when the town was under the reign of viceroy Stjepan Kotromanic ( 1314 - 1353 ) Delegration from Dubrovnik's Republic that day came to Srebrenik when eviceroy Stjepan Kotromanic "under the town of Srebrenik" issued a charter to Dubrovnik's Republic in which he comfirmed their possession in Stones cape. Viceroy Stjepan Kotromanic got son so those days were big feasts.

Durig the reing of Tvrtko 1 Bosnia was the peak of its power. After his death Hungary conquered Srebrenik for the firs time but several times Srebrenik managed to became free from Hungary until the secont half of 14th Century. Early in 1463 the Otoman Empire conquered Srebrenik for the first time altogether with 117 Bosnian fortifications but in autuman 1463 Hungary took away Srebrenik again. Two years later Srebrenik became the center of bannat which included folowing towns. Tesanj, Soko Braka ( Brcko ). Waya ( unknown ), Teocak and Gradacac. The bannat was under the rule of Matija Korvin until 1512 when the Ottoman Empire made not numerosu but brave army of capitulate. There is no information about Srebrenik in second half of the 16th century. Srebrenik was included in Gradacac military district in 1701. in 1718 peace was signed in Pozarevac so Srebrenik was near Austrian border. As a border place between two worlds Srebrenik became important again. In 1756 there was army in the town obedient to Gradacac captain. In Austrian report from 1790 Srebrenik was mentioned as an old castle while in 1804 thre were 20 soldiers in the town. In a report from 1833 there were 7 cannons while in 1835 Srebrenik was abandoned. Only few buildings remained in 1850 and among them there was a mosque used for prayers until the second half of 19th century.

Today walls of the old town date from some earlier period ( 18th century ) but the old town Srebrenik shows is old , middle-ages outlines. Today Srebrenik Belongs to the most beautiful and most preserved , middle-aged towns in Bosnai and Herzegovina..