Konjuh (mountain)

Coordinates: 44°18′06″N 18°32′46″E / 44.30175306°N 18.54597278°E / 44.30175306; 18.54597278
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Konjuh
Коњух
Konjuh summit taken from Varda
Highest point
Elevation1,328 m (4,357 ft)
Coordinates44°18′06″N 18°32′46″E / 44.30175306°N 18.54597278°E / 44.30175306; 18.54597278
Geography
Konjuh is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Konjuh
Konjuh
Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parent rangeDinaric Alps

Konjuh is a mountain in the north-east part of

Panonian plain.[1]

The average height of this mountain is 1000 meters. Above this height there are tops: Šuplji Javor (1157 m), Vina Kruška (1088 m), Suho Drvlje (1206 m), Zidine (1180m), Brezina (1120 m), Vrh Konjuha (1328 m) and Bandijerka, the top of Javorje (1261 m), Bijeli Vrh (1272 m) and Zečiji Rat (1275 m) on the southwestern comb Smolin.[1]

Flora and fauna

Konjuh is covered with dense vegetation in conifer which prevails (pine, spruce), beech, maple and in a small number oak. On the mountain grows very rare and curative great yellow gentian – srčanik (Gentiana lutea), which, on this mountain, is protected and endangered.[1]

In the woods of Konjuh there are wild animals like

green lizards and salamanders.[1]

Cultural and historical monuments

On the mountain of Konjuh there are many necropolises stećaks, and only in the municipality of Kladanj 500 stećaks are known. There are also ruins of a caravan road which is used for transport of salt from Tuzla, as well as monuments from World War II in Yugoslavia.[1]

Mountain protection

Hiking associations and nature lovers have been trying for years to convince authorities that part of the mountain is called a protected natural zone.

Protected Landscape Konjuh was adopted in 2009 and confirmed in 2014 (Službene novine Tuzlanskog Kantona, br. 13/09 i 8/14).[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e http://zivjetisprirodom.banovici.net/dokumenti/konjuh.pdf[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Planina Konjuh - mjesto za odmor i relaksaciju | DW | 08.08.2008".
  3. ^ "Zone 2000 - Mountaineering web magazine". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  4. ^ PLAN UPRAVLJANJA ZAŠTIĆENIM PEJZAŽOM "KONJUH" 2017-2027 (pdf) (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Vlada Tuzlanskog kantona. October 2016. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-07-21.