Sapna: The Heroic Town In North Eastern Bosnia You Need To Visit

Sapna is a heroic town in north eastern part of Bosnia, located on south eastern slopes of Majevica.
During the aggression against BiH, part of the then municipality of Zvornik, i.e. today's municipality of Sapna, was organized in a very efficient manner and survived as a free territory.
Two of Bosnian hero's died in this part of Bosnia.
Hajrudin Mesic was a member of the Patriotic League, organizer and leader of the resistance to the aggressor in northeastern Bosnia. He died on October 30, 1992 in Nezuk near Sapna, in the action of establishing a corridor towards Srebrenica.
Mehdin Hodzic was popularly known as Captain Senad and Black Swan. He died on May 10, 1992 in the village of Zaseok in Sapna, where thanks to him one of the first victories of the future RBiH Army over the aggressor forces was won. In that action, Captain Senad and his comrades captured the first tank and a self-propelled gun for the BiH Army.

It is known that people have lived in the area of ​​Sapna since ancient times. Sapna as an administrative-territorial term is mentioned as early as the Middle Ages.
Evidence of the active life of people in the Sapna area is the numerous stecci that are still found today in the settlements: Handjelica, Međeđa, Gornja Sapna, etc. In the Middle Ages, Sapna represented an important communication area between the then cities of Zvornik and Teocak. With the arrival of the Ottomans in these areas, Sapna was mentioned as the nahija of Sapna, which belongs to the Zvornik sandžak, which was founded in period between 1478 and 1483. years.

Sapna je herojski gradic u sjeveroistočnom dijelu Bosne, smješten na jugoistočnim obroncima Majevice.Tokom agresije na BiH, dio tadašnje opštine Zvornik, odnosno današnje opštine Sapna, bio je organizovan na veoma efikasan način i opstao kao slobodna teritorija.
U ovom dijelu Bosne poginula su dva bosanska heroja.
Hajrudin Mesić je bio član Patriotske lige, organizator i vođa otpora agresoru u sjeveroistočnoj Bosni. Poginuo 30. oktobra 1992. godine u Nezuku kod Sapne, u akciji uspostavljanja koridora prema Srebrenici.
Mehdin Hodžić je u narodu bio poznat kao Kapetan Senad i Crni labud. Poginuo je 10. maja 1992. godine u sapnskom selu Zaseok, gdje je zahvaljujući njemu izvojevana jedna od prvih pobjeda buduće Armije RBiH nad agresorskim snagama. U toj akciji kapetan Senad je sa suborcima zarobio prvi tenk i samohodni top za Armije BiH.

Poznato je da su ljudi na području Sapne živjeli od davnina. Sapna kao administrativno-teritorijalni pojam spominje se još u srednjem vijeku
O aktivnom životu ljudi na sapnskom području svjedoče brojni steći koji se i danas nalaze u naseljima: Hanđelica, Međeđa, Gornja Sapna i dr. Sapna je u srednjem vijeku predstavljala važno komunikacijsko područje između tadašnjih gradova Zvornika. i Teocak. Dolaskom Osmanlija na ove prostore, Sapna se pominje kao nahija Sapna, koja pripada Zvorničkom sandžaku, koji je osnovan u periodu između 1478. i 1483. godine.

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