Historical development of Okučani

Već su od 6 st. pr. Kr. ovi prostori naseljeni . U rimsko je doba na ovom području bila rimska pokrajina Panonija Savija. Arheološki lokaliteti na brdu Vlaislav ponad Bodegraja, Cagama i u Benkovcu na lokalitetu Otrnci svjedoče nam o tome dobu: ostatci zgrada, ladanjske kuće, kipovi rimskih božanstava i sarkofažni ukrasi. Područje na kojemu se danas nalazi općina Okučani spominje se u pisanim dokumentima još u 12. st. Zapisano je da su potok i posjed prvotno nosili ime u ikavskom obliku – Lisnik. Sve do 16. st. bit će navođeni kao Lesnik (Lesnica), nakon toga Ljesnik (posjed ) i Ljesnica (rječica ) koja će negdje u razdoblju turske vladavine i ustrojenja protuturskog graničnog područja postati Sloboština. Po turskom će se odlasku 1691.godine razviti naselje Dijanovac oko velike okuči (okuke) koju tok Sloboštine tu čini. Naziv Okučani potječe iz 1790. godine. Ime su dobili po banu Okuču koji je tu naslijedio veliki posjed .U Okučanima je tek 1906. godine podignuta kapela Svetog Vida nakon opiranja vlasti, pod uvjetom da ne smije biti veća ni viša od pravoslavne crkve.Škola u Okučanima je sagrađena 1803. godine o državnom trošku, te je prozvana ,,Trivijalna škola'', a nova veća školska zgrada sagrađena je 1907. godine.They are already from the 6th century BC. Cr. These spaces are inhabited. In Roman times in this area was the Roman province of Ponija Savija. Archaeological sites on Vlaislav hill, Bodegraja, Cagama and in Benkovac at the Otrnci site testify to us about the age: the remains of buildings, country houses, sculptures of Roman deities and sarcophagus ornaments. The area in which the municipality of Okučani is today is mentioned in the written documents in the 12th century. It was written that the name of the stream and the possession originally was in the ikava form - Lisnik. Until the 16th century there will be mentioned Lesnik (Lesnica), followed by Ljesnik (estate) and Ljesnica (river), which will become Sloboština somewhere in the period of Turkish rule and the establishment of the anti-border border area. By the year of 1691, a Turkish settlement would develop a settlement of Dijanovac around the great hunters (holes) that the stream of Sloboština does. The name of Okučani originates in 1790. The name was given to the baker Okor, which inherited the great estate. In Okučani, in 1906, the chapel of St. Vitus was erected after the defeat of the authorities, provided that it can not be higher or higher than the Orthodox church. The school in Okučan was built in 1803 o At a state cost, called the "Trivial School", and the new bigger school building was built in 1907