Attic mosque
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The Atik Mosque is the oldest mosque in Bijeljina. The name of the then ruler Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent is mentioned...
The Atik Mosque is the oldest mosque in Bijeljina. The name of the then ruler Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent is mentioned in written sources, and it was named after him as the Imperial Mosque. The mosque was built between 1520 and 1566. In the Turkish-Austrian war from 1716 to 1718, the people of Bijeljina used the mosque as a defensive bastion, because they did not have fortresses. Bijeljina was occupied by the Austrians who remained until the Peace of Belgrade in 1739. According to some sources, the mosque and the haman were severely damaged at the time. After the fall of the mosque in Bijeljina, it was immediately converted into a Catholic church and from 1718 to 1739 the mosque served as a Catholic church. After the Peace of Belgrade, the Austrians had to return Bijeljina to the Ottoman Empire. At that time, a wooden minaret was built and the function of the mosque was restored. In 1893, a new minaret was built, and in 1912, another sheriff was added and raised by another 10 meters. At the entrance of the mosque was an inscription about its restoration in 1893. The following text was engraved in large Neshi script: "This venerable Sultan Suleiman's Mosque was restored in 1311." Until the beginning of the Second World War, there was an old cemetery next to the Atik mosque, later the authorities banned burial next to the mosque, and then part of the nišan tombstones was transferred to the outskirts of the city, and part sank. New buildings were built in the wider area of the cemetery after the Second World War. During the leveling of the mosque harem before the beginning of the Second World War, the tombstones, many of which had inscriptions, were buried or destroyed. A small portion remained on the south side of the mosque. Near the Atik mosque in the old bazaar of Bijeljina, there was a turbe of binbasha Sadik-beg. On March 13, 1993, the trumpets and the mosque were demolished, and the material was completely removed from the area of the mosque. In 2003, the remains of the foundations of the old mosque were excavated during excavations for the foundations of the new mosque.
The mosque, ie its site and the remains of the architectural ensemble, has been declared a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the State Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments.
Renovation of the mosque began in 2002, and the opening of the renovated mosque took place on August 16, 2014.
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