Prioritized Intervention List:

Ÿ         Country:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ÿ         Name of organization compiling the information:
Commission to Preserve National Monuments

Ÿ         Contact name:
Mirela Mulaluć Handan

Ÿ         email address:
mirela@aneks8ko.com.ba

The monument, sites or ensemble

Ÿ         Name and address of building(s) or site:
Historical building Eminagića’s konak (guest house) in Tešanj

Ÿ         Inventory reference number(s):
Provisional List of National Monuments No.:618

Ÿ         Building type(s):
Residential - House

Ÿ         Main date(s):
Date of construction unknown, it is assumed that it dates from the first half of the nineteenth century

Ÿ         Current use(s):
Currently not in a use

Significance:

The Eminagić house is one of the oldest and finest examples of residential architecture of the town of Tešanj. The exact date when it was built is unknown, but it assumed that it dates from the first half of the nineteenth century. In the first geodetic survey of Tešanj, conducted in 1882, the building figures with the same dimensions as today.

The Eminagić house is of the type of building with a dimaluk or central vertical chimney designed to lead the smoke up into the attic space.  From today's perspective, this kind of house is environmentally-friendly, both in the way it is arranged and in the choice of building materials. The building has a complex ground plan with a basement storage space and living quarters on the ground and first floor.  The basement walls are built of solid trebava stone, while the load-bearing walls of the ground and first floor are constructed of wooden posts and struts with wattle and daub filling. The entire upper floor of the Eminagić house, with the exception of the rear, has an overhang of about 50 cm; with the three trapezoid doksats or oriel windows set in the geometrical centre of the house, and the large number of windows, this adds greatly to the appearance of the facade.

Categories of Significance:

Of outstanding national importance

Categories of ownership or interest:

Of national interest

Documentation and bibliographic references:

Commission to Preserve National Monuments

Condition:

1. Very bad

Amount of war or associated damage:

0. No damage

•The house suffered no damage as a result of war action

Risk:

•The house is at risk of rapid deterioration as a result of the lack of regular maintenance,

The Eminagić house is endangered by many years' lack of maintenance and failure to undertake even minimal protection measures.  It is very likely that damage from the elements will lead to the entire building falling in.

Condition risk:

B. Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric, solution agreed but not begun

Technical assessment and costing:

Project of urgent protection measures from further deterioration needs to be done, as well as projects for next fazes of protection – project of sanation, conservation and restauration.

On the National monument - historic building of Eminagića konak following measures and works shall be applied:

Ÿ         shall be structurally repaired and restored to its original appearance with all the structural elements of the building as they were: roof, foundations, walls, ceilings, and all interior elements;

Ÿ         the structural repairs and restoration shall be carried out by consolidation of existing material or its replacement by material of the same type, same dimensions and form (wood, stone and unfired brick) with the use of the same building techniques wherever possible, on the basis of documentation on its original form;

Ÿ         prior to the start of structural restoration works the structural stability of the building, and in particular its foundations, shall be studied;

Ÿ         carry out structural consolidation of all walls, wooden tie beams that have deteriorated with age (same dimensions, form and type of wood);

Ÿ         carry out consolidation of existing unfired bricks by injection or replacement by identical bricks;

Ÿ         carry out structural repairs to all wooden roof structures, replacing age-dilapidated material with the same material of the same dimensions, worked in the same way and using the same techniques (floors, ceilings);

Ÿ         carry out structural repairs to all parts of the roof to the same form, with the same type of wood, worked in the same way and using the same techniques;

Ÿ         restore authentic arrangement;

Ÿ         plaster all interior walls with lime plaster made by old methods and whitewash all walls;

Ÿ         repair all woodwork (ceilings, floors, doors, staircase), replace rotten parts and treat with natural protective substances;

Ÿ         plaster the facade of upper floor of the building with lime plaster made by old methods and whitewash all facades;

Ÿ         repair and restore all interior fittings using historical documentation.

Costing proposals for projects and consolidation and restauration works have not been done.

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has planed, in its budget, financial means, in total of 250.000 KM (≈125.000 EURO), for projects and works on protection of the residential buildings and complexes in BiH.

Eminagića konak in Tešanj is one of six (6) residential buildings and complexes for which financial means are planed.

Ownership:

Unknown

Occupation:

No occupancy

Management:

The provisions relating to protection and rehabilitation measures set forth by the Law on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, established pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH nos. 2/02 and 27) shall apply to the National Monument.

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be responsible for ensuring and providing the legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary to protect, conserve, display and rehabilitate the National Monument.

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be responsible for providing the resources for drawing up and implementing the necessary technical documentation for the rehabilitation of the National Monument.

Summary:

Since the Eminagić house is one of the oldest and finest examples of residential architecture of the town of Tešanj it should be preserved. Some new function that will not jeopardize the building should be placed in.

The priority level of intervention is HIGH.  

NOTE:

Condition

1. Very bad

Condition risk

B. Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric, solution  agreed but not begun

Criteria employed for the Priority Intervention List:

Ÿ         The monuments are designated as national monuments,

Ÿ         They represents rear or unique example of the typology or chronological - stylistic corpus,

Ÿ         They are damaged/destroyed during the 1992-1995 war in BiH or they are endangered by the post war conditions (illegal constructions, lack of funding for restoration and maintenance, inexpert reconstruction,…) and are imposed to further deterioration,

Ÿ         Their restoration will encourage return process in BiH,

Ÿ         Their restoration will support development of the region.