Prijedor Photo Collection

 

Author (Creator)

András Riedlmayer

Alternate Name(s)

Mutnička džamija Šarena džamija Many-colored mosque

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Location

Mutnik grad

Town

Korzarac

Municipality

Prijedor

Region

Bosanka Krajina/Western Bosnia

Building Type

mosque

Building Use

religious

Historical Period

Austro-Hugarian

Additional Construction Details

19th c. (before 1896)

Building Setting

heavily damaged

Building Condition

heavily damaged

Damage Description

The Mutnik mosque is burned out, its roof gone, its interior gutted and open to the sky. The perimeter walls remain standing up to the roofline. The mosque’s tall, masonry minaret appears to have been destroyed by a powerful blast, leaving behind a shattered stump, parts of it extending up to the roofline. The small, domed entrance portico of the mosque, a modern addition, is pockmarked with bullet holes.

Source (Damage Description)

András Riedlmayer (07/2002) site visit, information and photos from the Medžlis of the Islamic Community of Prijedor and other sources.

Informant Statement

The Mutnik mosque in Kozarac is more than 100 years old. It was richly decorated and was one of the most important monuments of Islamic religious architecture in this region. The mosque was burned down in the first months of the war in 1992 and its minaret was blown up.

Source (Informant Statement)

Abaz-efendija Muratćehajić, imam of the Mutnik mosque (07/2002), interviewed by András Riedlmayer.

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