Prijedor Photo Collection

 

Author (Creator)

András Riedlmayer

Alternate Name(s)

Džamija u ZagraduZagradska džamija

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Location

Zagrad

Town

Prijedor

Municipality

Prijedor

Region

Bosanska Krajina/Western Bosnia

Building Type

mosque

Building Use

religious

Historical Period

Austro-Hungarian

Additional Construction Details

19th c. (19th c.; rest. 1970s)

Building Setting

completely destroyed

Building Condition

completely destroyed

Damage Description

The Zagrad mosque was completely destroyed, the ruins razed,building materials removed. At time of author’s site visit (2002) only a mound ofearth overgrown with vegetation remained at the site. The site of the destroyedmosque was being used as rubbish tip.

Source (Damage Description)

András Riedlmayer, site visit (07/2012) and information fromthe Medžlis of the Islamic Community of Prijedor and other sources.

Informant Statement

According to information in the records of the Medžlis of the Islamic Community ofPrijedor, the old Zagrad mosque was burned down 30 May 1992 and the ruins wereblown up. The rubble of the destroyed mosque and the old Muslim gravestones in theadjacent mosque cemetery were leveled by bulldozer and removed from the site inJune 1992.

Source (Informant Statement)

Ahmet-efendija Rahmanović, head imam of Prijedor (07/2002), interviewedby András Riedlmayer.

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