Donja Pecka

Donja Pecka is a populated place in the municipality of Mrkonjić Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Name

There are several legends about the name Pecka. One brick was baked here, hence the name Peck. Secondly, immigrants from the village of the same name in Serbia came here. In the end, the name of this village is associated with respect for St. Petka. Pecka is mentioned in Turkish documents as Kozara.

History

As early as the third century, the Roman city of Sarnade existed here on the Salona-Servitium road (Bosnian Gradiška), later called the Thurman Road. Sarnada is also associated with the conclusions of the Salonitan Council of 530, where the pastor or archpriest of the parish of Sarnada was a signatory to the conclusions of the council. The parish at that time belonged to the diocese of Sisak.

References

Sources

• Udovčić, Rade (2007). Baraći i Baraćani (in Serbian). Mrkonjić Grad: JU Kulturni Centar, Petar Kočić. ISBN 978-99938-888-0-2.
• Bojanovski, Ivo (1988). Bosna i Hercegovina u Antičko Doba (in Serbo-Croatian). Sarajevo: Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine. ISBN 8671230198.