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Tuzla Travel Guide
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Tuzla town

Tuzla town

Dijana Serhatlic

Tuzla (Tuzla Map - http://www.tuzlamap.tk)

Tuzla is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina . At the time of the 1991 census, it had 131,000 inhabitants. Taking into account the influx of refugees , the city is currently estimated to have 160,000 inhabitants. After Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Tuzla is the third largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the seat of the Tuzla Canton and Tuzla Municipality.

Evidence of settlements from the remotest past, which have existed in the area of the present-day Tuzla, is evident from the remains of archeologically discovered and investigated cultural layers. The remains of the oldest discovered cultural material provide evidence that Tuzla, with its close surroundings, is one of the oldest settlements in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and that the area of Tuzla's salt water springs has been uninterruptedly inhabited from earliest times - the younger neolithic age to the present day. Starting from the neolithic age to the present day, settlement of Tuzla was always related to its salt resources. The oldest written records left behind by the Greeks Aristotle and Strabo say so, also providing evidence that the Ancient Greeks knew the region of Tuzla.

In his historic writings, the Byzantine historian and cezar Constantine Porfirogenet, around the year 950, mentions the existence of Tuzla's salt water springs and settlements surrounding them.

Tuzla was named after its natural resource - SALT. The present day name is derived from the Turkish word TUZ meaning salt.

During the Middle Ages Bosnia experienced many changes in rulers from Byzantinium and Austria-Hungary in this area. The region was first occupied by the Turks in 1460, and somewhat later - in 1474 - the occupation was definite. Within the Bosnian vilayet, Tuzla was under the administrative government of the Zvornik sanjak and it was granted a status of quadiluk with a domicile first in Gornja Tuzla, which was moved to Tuzla proper around the middle of the 17th century.

Under Turkish rule, the importance of the settlement increased. In the early 18th century Tuzla becomes the domicile of the captain. Due to the reform of the Turkish administration, a freer development of the town economy and the introduction of modern crafts, Tuzla developed into the administrative center of the Zvornik sanjak, and had become an important traffic, millitary and cultural center of north - east Bosnia. Towards the end of the Turkish rule, Tuzla had approximately 5000 inhabitants and was one of the bigger towns in Bosnia.

The first document recording the exploitation of Tuzla's salt water springs dates from 1548. Salt was produced the whole year. Salt wells were located on the present-day Salt square . In the close vicinity of the wells fires built of firewood burned. The daily salt production in Donja Tuzla was approximately 250kg, and 300 kg in Gornja Tuzla.

In the early 18th century a rectangular fortification was built in the town, with high walls and with one lookout on each wall, with the main tower inside the walls. The settlement was surrounded by an outer wall with four gates. The fortification was destroyed in 1870. Many buildings have remained in Tuzla from the period of Turkish rule, built as memorials by prominent Turks. Several mosques have been preserved to the present day. Turalibeg's mosque with a stone minaret, AK - mosque in Gornja Tuzla (both dating from the 16th century), Haji-Hasan's Mosque and the Jalta Mosque.

In 1826 the first schools were opened in Tuzla, the first hospital "Hastahana" was opened in 1874, and six years before the "Hastahana" was established, the first pharmacy began to operate.

After this area came under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire the economic development increased and Tuzla became an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian economy. As its administration was established, more up-to-date methods for salt and coal exploitation were introduced.

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Tuzla Salt Lake

Tuzla Salt Lake

Dijana Serhatlic

The city has Europe's only salt lake as part of its central park; more than 100,000 people visit its shores every year. From Tuzla hails one of the most influential writers in the Balkans, Meša Selimovic . In addition, Tuzla hosts the annual Meša Selimovic book festival (in July), where an award for the best novel written in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia , and Serbia and Montenegro is presented. The first professional theatre in Tuzla, Narodno Pozorište u Tuzli , was founded by the brothers Mihajlo and Živko Crnogorcevic in 1944.

Tuzla is the seat of the Tuzla Canton , which is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , as well as of Tuzla Municipality, which is one of the 13 municipalities that together constitute the Tuzla Canton. Administratively, Tuzla is divided into 39 mjesne zajednice (local districts).

Apart from Tuzla, the municipality incorporates several other adjacent settlements, including the town of Gornja Tuzla ( Upper Tuzla ), as well as the villages of Husino, Par Selo, Simin Han, Obodnica, Šici, and others.

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First mentioned in 950 as a county under Hungarian rule, the town was later referred to by historians as Soli. Soli means " salts " in the local Slavic language, and the city's present name means "place of salt" in Turkish . However, there is enough archaeologic evidence to suggest that Tuzla was a rich neolithic settlement, and hence inhabited continuously for more than 6,000 years which makes Tuzla one of the oldest European cities with sustained living. An open-air museum at Solni Trg , opened in 2004 , tells the story of salt production in Tuzla.

On October 2 , 1943 , Tuzla became the largest liberated town in Europe to the time. It developed into a major industrial and cultural centre during the communist period in former Yugoslavia . In the 1990 elections the Reformists won control of the municipality being the only municipality in Bosnia where non-nationalists won. During the Bosnian war, 1992 - 1995 the town aligned itself with the Bosnian presidency and was besieged by Serb nationalist forces. The town was not spared the atrocities of war. On May 25 , 1995 , a mortar killed 72 youngsters in the single most deadly incident of the war.

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http://www.wispi.ba/tuzlauzivo1.php
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tel: 061496497
url: bihlive.bih.net.ba
address: Tuzla
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Panasonica is the best beach yet! It's close to every ones home and its open all the time. If you are in Tuzla for just one day that's the place you gotta go!

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Tuzla lake

Tuzla lake

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Visit Tuzla lake Panonnica

The only salt lake in europe. Many tourists come to Tuzla just because of that lake. Don't miss...

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Hotel Tuzla
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Hotel guests have an opportunity to enjoy in indoor, warm 25 m swimming pool for swimming, diving and other relaxation water programs Around swimming pool is a large space with nice bar and refreshment drinks Relax in luxurious Finland sauna Max eight persons Special offer: private sauna, reservation in advance.
type: Spa and Sauna
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accessibility: 0 - 24 h
tel: 387 35 250 050
url: www.auuuu.com
address: Ulica ZAVNOBiH-a 13, 75000 Tuzla, BOSNIA
email: hoteltz@inet.ba
Miky
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Latin Club Flamenco with live music and natural ambient
type: Other
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tel: +38763890099
address: Prekinute mladosti 4
email: latinoclubflamencotuzla@gmail.com