Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prnjavor is a town and municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a part of the Republika Srpska entity. The municipality is near the town of Banja Luka. During the Ottoman period the region suffered from border conflicts with the Austrian Empire.

Prnjavor was mentioned in recorded history in 1829. Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia and the authorities decided the Prnjavor area was under-populated in 1878, but in 1918 Bosnia became part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats as well as Slovenes.

Prnjavor underwent more important economic development during the period between 1918 and 1941. However, during the Socialist period of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, this beautiful city was not a highly developed municipality within Bosnia and Herzegovina.