Berevce

Berevce
Beroc

Беревце
Settlement
Berevce
Beroc

Location in Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°14′44″N 21°01′28″E / 42.24556°N 21.02444°E / 42.24556; 21.02444Coordinates: 42°14′44″N 21°01′28″E / 42.24556°N 21.02444°E / 42.24556; 21.02444
Country Kosovo
Kosovo Division Ferizaj
Municipality Štrpce
First mention 13th century
Area
  Total 56.3 sq mi (145.8 km2)
Elevation 3,196 ft (974 m)
Population (1991)
  Total 792
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +381 290
Car plates 05

Berevce (Serbian Cyrillic: Беревце, Albanian: Beroc) is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs,[1][2] according to the 1991 census, it had 792 inhabitants.

Geography

It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, at the foot of a ridge of the Žar Mountain, on the left riverbank[2] of the Lepenac.[3] It is physiognomically like the southern part of Štrpce.[3]

History

Berevce is mentioned three times in the 13th century, then part of the Serbian Kingdom.[2]

In Medieval Serbia, the župa (province) of Sirinić (first mentioned in a charter of the 13th century, the second time in 1331, in a charter of Emperor Stephen Dušan) existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište (in Brezovica) and Zidinac (in Gotovuša), near Berevce. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.[4]

The village has two cathedrals of the 16th century: the Church of Parascheva, and the Church of St. Demetrius.[2] The Church of Parascheva is in good shape, it was renovated in 1960s when a new bell was built.[2] In the 13th century, the church was a notable literary center in which noted deacon Ravul wrote in; his manuscripts today exist in museums of Dublin.[2] The village is part of the ecclessiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.

In 1894, the village had 62 houses, all ethnic Serb.[5]

According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions (Krsna Slava, patron saint day), and history:[6][7]

Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981[8] 1991
Serbs 864 (98,63%)
Others 12 (1,37%)
Total[9] 682 706 751 846 876 792

Infrastructure

The rural settlement has a cadastre of 1458 hectares, with primarily livestock farming (ratarsko-stočarstvo) and Pomology.[3]

References

  1. Republic of Serbia, Министарствo за Косово и Метохију, Општина Штрпце
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dimitrije M. Kalezić, Enciklopedija pravoslavlja, Book 1, Savremena administracija, 2002, p. 166
  3. 1 2 3 Srboljub Đ Stamenković, Географска енциклопедиjа населjа Србиjе: С-Ш, Volume 4, Географски факултет, 2002, p. 323
  4. Rastko
  5. Branislav Đ Nušić, S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine, Čigoja štampa, 2005, p. 18
  6. Podaci „Naselja“ (dr. A. Urošević: Šarplaninska Župa Sirinić)
  7. Annuaire, Volume 1, Univerzitet vo Skopje. Prirodno-matematički oddel, Oddel, Jan 1, 1948, p. 170
  8. 1981 Census, Kosovo
  9. Kosovo censuses 1948-1991
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