After the reception at the City Hall, archduke Franz Ferdinand and countess Sophie decided to visit those wounded in the bomb attack, who were now at the military hospital near Marienhof, instead of driving to the Landesmuseum as called for by the official itinerary. By mistake, the vehicles turned right from Appel Quai into Franz Josef’s Gasse. Immediately after making the turn, Potiorek ordered a halt; the driver stopped the car and began to back up. At that moment, Gavrilo Princip stepped out from the crowd in front of Moritz Schiller’s delicatessen on the corner, pulled out a pistol and shot Franz Ferdinand and Sophie from close range. He was subsequently arrested at the same spot. After WW2, the building on the corner hosted Museum of “Mlada Bosna” movement, and today, there is Museum “Sarajevo 1878‒1978”. In the pavement in front of the building, once stood memorial plaque with Gavrilo Princip’s footprints, that was removed during the war of 1992‒1995.
Location:
Sarajevo Museum 1878–1918
Zelenih beretki 1
Sarajevo 71000
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Information:
Phone: +387 33 475 740
muzejsarajeva@bih.net.ba
