Editing Mostar (section)

===Austrian and Yugoslav period===
{{stack|float=left|[[File:Mostar-1900.jpg|thumb|left|People of Mostar in 1890–1900]] [[File:Stjepan Radic in Mostar, 1925.jpg|thumb|left|People gathered waiting for [[Stjepan Radić]] to arrive in Mostar in 1925]]}}

[[Austria-Hungary]] took [[Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina|control over Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in 1878 and ruled the region until the [[aftermath of World War I]] in 1918, when it became part of the [[State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs]] and then [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. During this period, Mostar was the main urban centre of [[Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Taking Vengeance on the Serbs |url=https://archive.org/stream/independen79v80newy#page/n54/mode/1up |newspaper=The Independent |date=July 13, 1914 |access-date=August 12, 2012}}</ref> In 1881, the town became the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mostar-Duvno]] and, in 1939, it became a part of the [[Banovina of Croatia]]. During [[World War II]], Mostar was annexed into the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[fascist]] [[puppet state]], the [[Independent State of Croatia]].

During the period of Austro-Hungarian rule (1878–1918), Mostar's city council cooperated with the Austro-Hungarian administration to implement sweeping reforms in city planning: broad avenues and an urban grid were imposed on the western bank of the Neretva, and significant investments were made in infrastructure, communications and housing. City administrators like [[Mustafa Mujaga Komadina]] were central players in these transformations, which facilitated growth and linked the eastern and western banks of the city. Noteworthy examples of Austro-Hungarian architecture include [[Hotel Neretva]], the Municipality building, which was designed by the architect [[Josip Vancaš]] from [[Sarajevo]], residential districts around the Rondo, and [[Gimnazija Mostar]] from 1902 designed by [[František Blažek]].
[[File:8. korpus NOVJ u Mostaru, februar 1945.jpg|thumb|8th Yugoslav Partisans' Corps in liberated Mostar, February 1945]]

After World War II, Mostar developed industries producing [[plastic]]s, [[tobacco]], [[bauxite]], [[wine]], [[aircraft]] and [[aluminium]]. Several [[dam]]s (''Grabovica'', ''Salakovac'', ''Mostar'') were built in the region to harness the [[hydroelectric power]] of the Neretva. The city was a major industrial and tourist center and prospered economically during the time of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].

When the German and Italian [[Independent State of Croatia#Zones of influence|Zones of Influence]] were revised on 24 June 1942, Mostar fell in {{ill|Zone II (NDH)|lt=Zone II|hr|Druga zona (NDH)}}, administered civilly by Croatia but militarily by Italy. The boundary with {{ill|Zone III (NDH)|lt=Zone III|Treća zona (NDH)}} was on [[Prenj]].{{sfn|Trgo|1964|p=341}}

Between 1948 and 1974 the industrial base was expanded with construction of a [[Metalworking|metal-working]] factory, [[Cotton textile industry|cotton textile mills]], and an aluminum plant. Skilled workers, both men and women, entered the work force and the social and demographic profile of the city was broadened dramatically; between 1945 and 1980, Mostar's population grew from 18,000 to 100,000.

Because Mostar's eastern bank was burdened by inadequate infrastructure, the city expanded on the western bank with the construction of large residential blocks. Local architects favored an austere [[modernist]] aesthetic, prefabrication and repetitive modules. Commercial buildings in the [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalist]] style appeared on the historic eastern side of the city as well, replacing more intimate timber constructions that had survived since Ottoman times. In the 1970s and 1980s, a healthy local economy fueled by foreign investment spurred recognition and conservation of the city's cultural heritage. An economically sustainable plan to preserve the old town of Mostar was implemented by the municipality, which drew thousands of tourists from the Adriatic coast and invigorated the economy of the city. The results of this ten-year project earned Mostar an [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]] in 1986.<ref name="Pasic, Amir 2004"/>

According to the [[1991 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina|1991 census]], Mostar had 127,000 inhabitants with roughly an equal number of [[Bosniaks]] (34.6%) and [[Croats]] (34%), 18.8% [[Serbs]], and 13.6% of those who declared themselves [[Yugoslavs]] or Others.<ref name=DPC>Bodo Weber, [http://www.democratizationpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DPC-Policy-Note16_The-Wests-Dirty-Mostar-Deal.pdf The West's Dirty Mostar Deal: Deliverables in the Absence of a BiH Policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218112532/http://www.democratizationpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DPC-Policy-Note16_The-Wests-Dirty-Mostar-Deal.pdf |date=2020-12-18 }}, ''Democratisation Policy Council'' policy note #16, December 2020</ref>