Drajčići

Drajčići (Serbian Cyrillic: Драјчићи) is a village in the Prizren municipality in Kosovo, situated in the historical region of Sredačka župa. The village has a total population of 200 people which are ethnic Bosniaks (90%) and Serbs (10%).

History

The Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas was built in the 16th century.[1]

In 1947, there was a total of 70 households, out of which the majority were Serbian Orthodox (61), the rest Muslim (9). The Serb families included the Ugrinović, Đurđević, Đorđević, Jovanović, Mihajlović, Simić, Nikolić and Spasić. 19 households belonged to native families, the rest descended from 17th and 18th-century settlers from Old Herzegovina (Nikšić), Tetovo region and Prizren.[2]

On December 29, 2013, the government of the Republic of Kosovo started to demolish the school in Drajčići which is 109 years old — one of the oldest schools in the Prizren municipality.[3] The demolishment has met criticism by Kosovo Serb officials.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs/spomenik.php?id=307
  2. ↑ Вукановић
  3. 1 2 "Kosovo: Ruše školu staru 109 godina". b92.net. 2013-12-29.

Coordinates: 42°09′35″N 20°52′30″E / 42.159841°N 20.875°E / 42.159841; 20.875


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