Early history In 1381, the name Bratunac was mentioned for the first time because of the direct road from
Bosnia and Herzegovina to
Serbia that passed through Bratunac. At the time, Bratunac was composed of five houses and had a population of roughly 30 people. In 1461, the region was conquered by the
Ottomans under
Mehmed II. Under Ottoman rule, it was transformed into a
kasbah that included
mosques, a
madrasa, several
mekteps,
shadirvans,
caravanserais, and other types of
Islamic architecture. In 1878, as the
Ottoman Empire fell into decline, Austro-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and ruled over Bratunac until its dissolution at the end of the
WW1. In 1927, Bratunac became a municipality for the first time. ==Settlements==