Destiny of the Mosque in the Gradačac Fortress and the Attempt of Its Reconstruction 1891-1909

Abstract

Koncem 19. stoljeća jedna grupa Muslimana GradaÄca pokrenula je akciju za obnovu džamije koja je u doba osmanske vladavine postojala u gradaÄaÄkoj tvrÄ‘avi. Radi se o najstarijoj gradaÄaÄkoj džamiji, koja je kao vjerski objekat služila, uglavnom, za potrebe tvrÄ‘avske posade, ali se njome služio i dio mahala smjeÅ¡tene oko tvrÄ‘ave. Već koncem osmanske vladavine ova je džamija bila zapuÅ¡tena i nalazila se u loÅ¡em stanju, da bi 1878. godine, zaposjedanjem tvrÄ‘ave od strane austrougarske vojske, definitivno prestala služiti svojoj svrsi. Drveni dijelovi džamije (munara, krov, prozori, vrata) ili su propali zbog kiÅ¡e i vlage, ili su ih austrougarski vojnici izložili, dok su kameni dijelovi djelomiÄno iskoriÅ¡teni za gradnju Nove ili Reuf-begove džamije, koja je prije toga postojala kao mesdžid, a djelomiÄne za neke druge graÄ‘evine u GradaÄcu. Od 1891. traju pokuÅ¡aji da se obnovi tvrÄ‘avska džamija, ali je Zemaljska vlada sredinom 1909. odbacila svaku mogućnost njezine obnove.

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Destiny of the mosque in the GradaÄac fortress and the attempt of its reconstruction 1891-1909

Late in the 19lh century, a group of the GradaÄac Muslims launched a campaign to reconstruct , ie mosque, which in the times of the Ottoman rale existed inside the fortress of GradaÄac. It was the oldest GradaÄac mosque, which as a religious structure served, mainly, the needs of the fortress garrison, but it was also used by a part of the adjacent residential quarters. By the end of the Ottoman rule, the mosque was neglected and was in a poor condition, so that in 1878, with the occupation of the fortress by the Austro- Hungarian army, it definitively ceased to serve its purpose. The wooden parts of the mosque (the minaret, roof, windows, door) were either destroyed by rain and dampness, or the Austro-Hungarian soldiers made fire from them, while the stone parts were partly used for the building of the New alias Reuf- begova mosque, which before that had existed as masjid, and partly for the construction of some other buildings at GradaÄac. From 1891 there have been attempts to reconstruct the fortress mosque, but the Land's Government in the midÄ‘le of 1909 refused any possibility of its reconstmction.