!!!Bosnien-Herzegowina Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosnia-Hercegovina): During the 7%%sup th/% century, settlement area of Slavic tribes, who mixed with the Illyrians, a tribe which had absorbed many Roman elements and customs. In the 15%%sup th/% century, native dukes were quite powerful, but Bosnia still became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1443, Herzegovina in 1482; in 1580, Bosnia-Herzegovina became a Turkish province (pashalic); a large part of the population converted to Islam. The rebellion in 1875 led to a Russian intervention; at the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Bosnia-Herzegovina was placed under Austrian administration while officially remaining part of the Ottoman Empire. Bosnia-Herzegovina was occupied despite the resistance of partisan movements, especially the Muslims under Hadji Loja. Austria created a stable school and health system in the area and initiated an economic upswing, thus gaining the support of the majority of the population. The formal annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary in 1908 triggered off a European crisis. Bosnia-Herzegovina was not assigned to either half of the empire, but administered as a "Reichsland" by the joint Ministry of Finance. After the constitution of 1910, Bosnia-Herzegovina was granted its own government with a governor and a Landtag. The opposition among some parts of the population organized itself in the "Young Bosnia" movement, which had a hand in the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Bosnia-Herzegovina became part of Yugoslavia in 1918. !Literature F. Schmid, Bosnien und Herzegowina unter der Verwaltung Oesterreich-Ungarns, 1914; E. Bauer, Zwischen Halbmond und Doppeladler, 1971. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Bosnien-Herzegowina|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]