Dretelj camp
The Dretelj concentration camp or Dretelj prison was a prison camp run by the Croatian Defence Forces and later by the Croatian Defence Council during the Bosnian War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: J budissin, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: prison camp during the Bosnian War
- Also known as: “Napuštena vojarna Dretelj”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Počitelj Citadel and Šišman Ibrahim Paša Mosque.
Počitelj Citadel
Photo: Mediha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Citadel Počitelj is a castle in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This fortress was built by King Tvrtko I of Bosnia in 1383, and had a role of control a merchant route between Bosnian inland and the Adriatic sea coast, via Drijeva trg, through the valley of the Neretva river. Počitelj Citadel is situated 2½ km northeast of Dretelj camp.
Šišman Ibrahim Paša Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Šišman Ibrahim Paša Mosque is situated 2 km east of Dretelj camp.
Franjo Tuđman Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Quahadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franjo Tuđman Bridge is a bridge over Neretva River located in Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was named after Franjo Tuđman, the first President of Croatia, as are a bridge in Dubrovnik and one in Osijek. Franjo Tuđman Bridge is situated 2 km south of Dretelj camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dretelj and Čapljina.
Dretelj
Village
Dretelj is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Čapljina.
Čapljina
Town
Čapljina is a city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the border with Croatia a mere 20 kilometres from the Adriatic Sea.
Tasovčići
Village
Photo: Quahadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tasovčići is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Čapljina.
Dretelj camp
- Categories: prison camp and industry
- Location: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.12707° or 43° 7′ 37″ northLongitude
17.70612° or 17° 42′ 22″ eastOpen location code
8FMV4PG4+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 964986577OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldWikidata ID
Q843093
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Serbian—“Dretelj camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معسكر دريتيلي”
- Croatian: “Logor Dretelj”
- French: “Camp de Dretelj”
- German: “Dretelj”
- German: “Lager Dretelj”
- Japanese: “ドレテリ強制収容所”
- Russian: “Дретель”
- Serbian: “Logor Dretelj”
- Serbian: “Логор Дретељ”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dretelj camp”. Photo: J budissin, CC BY 4.0.