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ZENICA,
Bosnia-Herzegovina



History:

It is said that people have lived in Zenica for much of recorded history. Ruins of an old Roman town can still be seen in city Bistum Novum, and during the Middle Ages, one part of the city, called Bilino Polje, was very important. Here, the famous sabor of 1203 occurred, where Bosnian Ban Kulin (1163-1204), widely regarded as one of the most prominent Bosnian rulers of the Middle Ages, pressed by the Vatican, supposedly abandoned the traditional Church of Bosnia (a dualist variation of Christianity) and converted to Catholicism. Bilino Polje was still important until the Ottoman invasion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The home football stadium of NK Čelik is onamed Bilino Plje after the part of the city where it is situated.

Zenica is the place of origin of the Serbian House of Petrovic dynasty that migrated in the 14th century to Herzegovina and would rule Montenegro for over two centuries.

During the Ottoman period Zenica was merely a small kasaba (town). In the nineteenth century, it was the center of a district (kaza), which was part of the sub-province (sancak) of Travnik. There was never an important mosque in Zenica, unlike the neighboring town Travnik, which was once a centre of Bosnian viziers. Zenica continued in this way for over 400 years until Austria-Hungary conquered it in 1878.

A few years after the conquest, the Austrians started to build a steel factory in town. The town grew rapidly with the new steel factory and booming economy. By the end of Austrian rule it was still a small town still with just over 10,000 inhabitants, but nevertheless it began to develop into a major town.

The most prominent growth of Zenica started after the partisans liberated the small town in 1945 and began to develop the steel industry. During those years new buildings were constructed there and the town grew rapdily, spreading to encompass Bilino Polje, Klopce, and Radakovo, all villages during the Ottoman period. Many apartment blocks were built to house the new miners.

In 1948 the population was only 12,000 people, but by 1961 it had grown to over 30,000. In 1981 the town had over 63,000 people, and in the last census taken 1991 Zenica was a city of some 96,027 people. Zenica has seen a six-fold increase in its population in the past 50 years.

In 1991, just one year before the Bosnian War, Zenica was the headquarters of one of the first private and independent radio stations in all of Eastern Europe, Radio CD-CEMP. In the spring of 1993, Zoran Misetic, a journalist and the owner of the Radio CD-CEMP, was awarded with the Belgian Award for Independet Journalism; “Pen Of Peace”.

During the Bosnian War, the demographics of the city were altered to a certain extent, whereby the city received a large number of ethnic Bosniak refugees from other parts of the country. Today, Zenica is trying to regain the economic influence it used to be famous for before the war.
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Construction|Projects:

PSC Kamberovic Polje
Reconstruction of Safvet beg Bašagića Street
 
Can u post some pictures and info on Zenica?..

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Edit: Great.. gogo Zenica go..
 








Objekat je smješten u zelenom središtu grada Zenice,
uz magistralni put M-14.




Ukupna zatvorena površina komleksa je 69000 m2,
sa 1100 parking mjesta u zatvorenim (podzemnim) garažama
i na otvorenim parkinzima.





Kompleksnost sadržaja, multifunkcionalnost,
te moderan arhitektonski izraz,
cine ovaj centar jedinstvenim u Evropi.



Sportska dvorana kapaciteta 6500 stolica i sa pratečim sadržajima.


Hotel ranga 4 zvjezdice,
sa 97 soba i 3 apartmana
te nizom ostalih sadržaja
(podzemna garaža, konferencijska dvorana,ugostiteljski sardžaji,bazeni...)



Šoping centar-oko 30 000 m2,
sirok dijapazon sadržaja
(trgovacki, uslužni,
ugostiteljski, zabavni...)
Osnovni sadržaji su trgovački
(hipermarket na 5500m2,
salon namještaja,
salon tehnike, OBI centar,
tepih centar...)



Izgradnja P.S.C. je pocela krajem 2005.godine,

i bice zavrsena do septembra 2007.godine.
 

looks very nice! Is that grass growing on the roof?
 
Otvorena Bosanska kuća na Vranduk

Danas je u starom gradu na Vranduku održana svečanost kojoj su prisustvovali brojni gosti iz kulturnog i javnog života Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, Zeničko - dobojskog kantona i Općine Zenica. Muzej grada Zenice otvorio je Bosansku kuću, čije je renoviranje i opremanje koštalo oko 160.000 konvertibilnih maraka. Projekat su finansirali Vlada Zeničko-dobojskog kantona, Federalno ministarstvo kulture i sporta, Općina Zenica i zenički poduzetnici. Ova kuća je prva u projektu koga Muzej grada Zenice namjerava realizovati u Vranduku u narednom periodu. Namjeravaju cijelo selo vratiti u ambijent u kojem je nastalo. Bosanska kuća ima kaldrmisanu avliju, terasu, trpezariju i prostorije sa 17 ležajeva. Namijenjena je za organizovanje kreativnih radionica i podizanje svijesti o kulturnoj baštini naših krajeva. U kući će stalni posao dobiti mještanka Vraduka. Bosansku kuću su svečano otvorili Angela Petrović pomoćnik federalnog ministra za kulturu i sport i načelnik zeničke općine Husejin Smajlović. Prvi gosti u ovoj kući bit će 40 omladinaca koji će pohađati kreativnu radionicu u prva dva naredna vikenda.




 
Započinju građevinski radovi na Gradskoj areni

Danas su zenički načelnik Husejin Smajlović i Šahzudin Jahjaefendić, direktor GP "ŽGP" d.d. Sarajevo i Suad Kaknjo, direktor "Arel"-a d.o.o. Zenica, potpisali Ugovor o izvođenju betonskih i armirano-betonskih radova na Poslovno sportskom centru - Gradaska arena u Zenici. Radi se o poslu vrijednom više od million i devetstotiona hiljada konvertibilne maraka. Na otvoreni provedeni postupak konkurisale su i firme Trgošped iz Kaknja i Čara iz Travnika. Najbolje uslove dao je konzorcij firmi sa kojim je danas potpisan ugovor. Ovim je zvanično započela izgradnja moderne Gradske arene u Zenici na kompleksu Kamberovića polja, sa 6000 sjedišta. Izvođaći radova obavezali su se da će preuzete obaveze završiti za 120 radnih dana. "Svjesni smo činjenice da se ugovoreni radovi izvode u nepovoljnim vremenskim uslovima, ali pored toga očekujemo da ćemo planirano završiti na vrijeme" - kazao je načelnik Smajlović. Po okončanju ovog posla uslijedit će izrada krovne konstrukcije za koju je općina Zenica već raspisala međunarodni tender.
 
Zeničani će uskoro dobiti Gradsku kuglanu

Nakon 15 godina Zenica će ponovo dobiti Gradsku kuglanu, automatsku sa pet staza i pratećim sadržajima, uključujući svlačionice, tuš kabine, kafe-kuhinju i mali ugostiteljski objekat. Radovi na novom sporstko-rekrativnom kompleksu u centru grada privode se kraju.Istovremeno na lokaciji u Novoj Zenici gradi se teren za mali nogomet sa vještačkom podlogom, koji će u zimskim mjesecima biti pretvoren u klizalište.


 
Rekonstrukcija ulice Safvet beg Bašagića

U toku su završni radovi na rekonstrukciji ulice Safvet beg Bašagića u Zenici u samom centru grada. Vrijednost investicije je oko 95.942 KM, a poslovi su povjereni zeničkoj firmi "TKM" d.o.o. S rekostrukcijom se započelo početkom sedmog ovogodišnjeg mjeseca, a trebala bi da bude gotova do početka septembra. Završetkom ovih radova grad Zenica će dobit još jednu prelijepu, savremenu i prije svega bezbijednu ulicu sa širokim i funkcionalnim trotoarima. Uz Titovu, Školsku, Crkvičku ovo će biti jedna od ulica kojima se Zeničani uistinu mogu ponositi.










 
U Crkvicama veliko gradilište

U zeničkom naselju Crkvice u toku je temeljna rekonstrukcija glavne prometnice u dužini od 780 metara. U ovom dijelu grada radi se i šetalište. Vrijednost radova koji su povjereni zeničkom preduzeću "Cop company" je oko milion maraka. Radovi su započeli krajem prošlog mjeseca, a očekuje se da budu gotovi do kraja septembra. U mjesnoj zajednici "Crkvice" u kojoj živi jedanaest hiljada stanovnika, što je svrstava među najveće u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine, realizuje se još nekoliko projekata. Gradi se šetalište na ušću Babine rijeke u Bosnu, dužine oko 260 metara, a vrijednost investicije je oko 80.000 maraka. Visočka "Asfaltgradnja" angažirana je na izgradnji pješačke staze na desnoj obali Babine rijeke u dužini od 100 metara i vrijednosti oko 18.000 maraka. Za instalaciju javne rasvjete na tom šetalištu osigurano je 20.000 maraka.


 
INFO ON MITTAL STEEL ZENICA

Former:



Current:



Mittal Steel Zenica

Overview

Mittal Steel acquired 51 per cent of BH Steel, located in Zenica, Bosnia, in August 2004. As part of the agreement with the government of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Kuwaiti Investment Agency, Mittal Steel agreed to invest $80 million in new share capital, $65 million in working capital and a further $135 million on new plant and equipment over ten years. The sums represent the biggest ever foreign investment in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

BH Steel currently produces 220,000 tons of steel, made up of a variety of long products, including forgings, bar and rod. Mittal Steel is confident that its production capacity can be substantially increased by the implementation of the capital expenditure programme. This will include restarting the integrated production route at BH Steel, commissioning of electric arc furnace production, modernising the remaining facilities and improving the product portfolio.

The acquisition complements the joint venture agreement reached earlier in the year with RZR Ljubija for the mining and development of the Ljubija iron ore mines.

Mittal Steel has stated its intention to retain all 2,850 active employees of BH Steel and expects to recruit further as BH Steel reaches its full production capacity.

Pending required approvals BH Steel will be renamed Mittal Steel Zenica.
 
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