Abstract

The Konjic city is located at the mouth of the Tresanica river in the Neretva river, in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Numerous archaeological finds confirm the presence of people in this area since the Neolithic. According to the most significant Neolithic site in the Lisicici village near Konjic, the entire Neolithic culture of this area is called the 'Lisicicka Group'. Remains of the ancient Roman culture were found in the area of the municipality of Konjic. Thus, archaeologist Karl Pratsch found (in 1897) the archaeological site 'Konjicki Mitrej', a shrine dedicated to the god Mithras, on Repovica hill in Konjic. The cult of worshiping the god Mithras (the sun god) was brought here by ancient Roman war veterans after their campaign in Persia. Konjic is mentioned for the first time (June 16, 1382) in a report from the Republic of Dubrovnik. In the Middle Ages, the town of Konjic belonged to two different feudal districts, the King's Land (Bosnia) and the Land of Duke Stjepan Vukcic Kosaca (Herzegovina). According to written sources, the Herzegovinian part of Konjic became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1465, and the Bosnian part in 1466, where they remained until (1878) the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.