Petrovo Polje, Kneževo

Petrovo Polje  (Peter's Field)  is a village in  Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska, Kneževo Municipality. Until the 1960s it belonged to the former municipality Šiprage, and then for some time and the municipality of  Kotor Varoš. From ancient times to the fall of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the village belonged to the Church municipality Imljani.

Geography

Peter Field is a village with a few scattered hamlets and more mountain houses on the plateau of Petrovo polje (field) on the slopes of Mount Vlašić. The north is bounded by a line beginning a steep slope into the valley Vrbanja river, on the line elevation  of 1,220  and 1140, and on the south  with Ilomska valley.Vojnogeografski institut, Izd. (1955): Travnik (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd.Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće "Sejtarija", Sarajevo.Mučibabić B., Ur. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo, .

World War II
During World War II, this village was the center of many important events.Samardžija S. (1983): Četrnaesta srednjobosanska NOU brigada. Skupština opštine Prnjavor, Banja Luka.Đondović R., Ur. (1989): Sanitetska služba u narodnooslobodilačkom ratu Jugoslavije 1941-1945, Knj. 2: Nastanak i razvoj sanitetske službe u oružanim snagama narodnooslobodilačkog pokreta u Bosni i Hercegovini, Crnoj Gori, Hrvatskoj i Makedoniji; Biblioteka Ratna prošlost naroda i narodnosti Jugoslavije, knj. 361. Monografija Jedinica NOV i PO Jugoslavije, Knj. 150. Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar, Sanitetska uprava SSNO, Beograd.

Related pages
Kneževo 
Šiprage

References

Category:Settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina