Derventa

Derventa is a city of 12,000 people (2013) in Posavina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Understand

The town of Derventa lies on the river Ukrina, and roads lead from it to Brod, Kotorsko (Doboj), Prnjavor (Banja Luka) and Srbac.

People from Derven mostly work in the shoemaking and metalworking industries.

In 2013, its population was 83% Serb, 11% Bosniak, and 3% Croat.

After the war in the 1990s, Derventa was considered the most destroyed area in the former Yugoslavia after Vukovar. Almost the entire municipality was damaged, some buildings were completely destroyed, and production plants were closed. Numerous buildings have been rebuilt in the period from the end of the war until today, but there are still ruins that testify to the great destruction in the Derwent area. Derventa is now one of the most developed municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Get in

Buses arrive at:

• the bus station, on Milovana Bjeloševića-street
• pass by the "Nada" gas station, Jaskikovača-road, at the eastside of town. tel. 053 334 055
• stop at the Nova Autobuska Stanica, NAS, tel. 065/150 063

See

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• 1 The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Храм Успења Пресвете Богородице у Дервенти). It was built from 1994 to 2010, and is dedicated to all Serbian soldiers who died in the past wars. This temple is the largest Orthodox place of worship in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

Do

• FK Tekstilac, a football club, competes today in the First League of the Republika Srpska and its home ground is Gradski Stadion FK Tekstilac, which has an attendance capacity of around 500 spectators.
• Derventa's most successful sports team is RK Derventa, which competes in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for handball, which is the nation's top professional handball division. Derventa is known throughout the region for its tradition of handball excellence, creating many great players as well as having a very successful club given that it is such a small town.