Stara Gradiška
Stara Gradiška is a village and a municipality in Slavonia, in the Brod-Posavina County of Croatia. It is located on the left bank of the river Sava, across from Gradiška in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The place is well known for the Stara Gradiška prison and Stara Gradiška concentration camp.
Etymology
The first word in the name means Old as there's also a New Gradiška nearby, the town of Nova Gradiška.History
The Ottoman built a fortress opposite it, which served as the Bosnia Eyalet's northern defense line. That fortress was also called Berbir or Turska Gradiška. During the Austro-Turkish War, the battle for Turska Gradiška began on 23 June 1789. After the forces of Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Gideon von Laudon captured the fortress on 9 July, made a map of it and Stara Gradiška.Until 1918, Stara Gradiška was part of the Habsburg monarchy, in the Croatia-Slavonia Military Border District. The post-office was opened in 1859.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Stara Gradiška was part of the Požega County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
The municipality is home to the cultural organization KUD Posavina''. It celebrates the feast of St. Michael as its municipal day. Stara Gradiška is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.
Demographics
In 2021, the municipality had 911 residents in the following 7 settlements:- Donji Varoš, population 206
- Gornji Varoš, population 189
- Gređani, population 105
- Novi Varoš, population 113
- Pivare, population 20
- Stara Gradiška, population 207
- Uskoci, population 71