Kupusovići Explained

Official Name:Kupusovići
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bosnia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivision Type1:Entity
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:43.8867°N 19.2767°W

Kupusovići (Serbian: Купусовићи) is a village in the municipality of Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

History

In Chuck Sudetic's book Blood and Vengeance, he relates a folk tale regarding the naming of the town. During Ottoman control of Bosnia, a Hodža was leading Muslims in afternoon prayer when he began yelling about a cow in a nearby cabbage patch.[2] After the incident, locals began calling the village Kupusovići - Village of the Cabbage People.[2]

References

43.8867°N 19.2767°W

Notes and References

  1. Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
  2. Book: Sudetic . Chuck . Blood and vengeance : one family's story of the war in Bosnia . 1998 . Penguin Books . 9780140286816 . 11 .