Lesnik (Serbia)

For other uses, see Lesnik.

Lesnik (Greek: Λεσνηκ) was a fortified town in medieval Serbia (Rascia), registered by Byzantine Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus, under the rule of Časlav Klonimirović.^[1]

Serbia consisted of the following fortifications (καστρα, 'castle'): Destinikon (Δεστινίκον), Černavusk (Τςερναωουσκεή), Međurečje (Μεγυρέτονς), Dresneik (Δρεσνεηκ), Lesnik (Λεσνηκ), Salines (Σαληνέζ), in the Zhupa of Bosnia (Βοσνωνα): Katera (Κατερα) and Desnik (Δέσνηκ)."De Administrando Imperio by Constantine VII^[1]

The location is unknown,^[2] but has been connected with:

The toponym Lješnica
- in Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- in Kučevo, Serbia
The toponym Lešnica
- in Loznica, Serbia^[3]
- in Podujevo, Kosovo
The toponym Lesnica
- in Trgovište, Serbia

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