Strellc i Epërm

Strellc i Epërm (in Albanian) or Gornji Streoc (Serbian: Горњи Стреоц), meaning "Upper Streoc", is a village in the Deçan municipality of western Kosovo,[1] located between Deçan and Peć along the mountainous border with Albania. The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Albanians.

Geography

The village is a rural settlement of the half-scattered type.[2] It is located on the eastern slopes of the Streoc mountain (2336 m).[2]

History

The village of Strelac (Стрѣльц; Стрелац) was first mentioned in Serbian medieval documents.[3][4] Ruins of a medieval fort (known in Serbian as gradište) exist below the village, on the Čečan mountain.[5] The settlement was later divided into two parts, Gornji- (Upper) and Donji (Lower) Streoc. The village name was also spelled Gornje Streoce (Горње Стреоце),[6] Streovce, and Strovce.

During the Crimean War (1853–56), many Serbian families left the kaza (district) of Ipek and Yakova; 20 Serbian families left the village of Streoce.[7]

In 1901, an Albanian from Streoce tried to steal cattle from the Visoki Dečani, and was executed by Ottoman askeri; the mutesarif of Ipek welcomed their act, but his family threatened with vengeance towards the yüz başa of that crew.[8] After some days, an Ottoman crew of 25 was ambushed in Streoce.[8]

Both Gornji Streoc and Donji Streoc were featured in an Episode of the Australian Series Foreign Correspondent prior to the Kosovo War.

Demographics

The village had a total population of 3,339 inhabitants according to the 1991 census. The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Albanians.

Anthropology

The village's Albanians hail from Krasniqe.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.
  2. 1 2 Stamenković 2001, p. 505
  3. ↑ ALEKSANDAR LOMA (2013). LA TOPONYMIE DE LA CHARTE DE FONDATION DE BANJSKA: Vers la conception d’un dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la Serbie medievale et une meilleure connaissance des structures onomastiques du slave commun. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-86-7025-621-7.
  4. ↑ Atanasije Urošević (1990). Kosovo. Jedinstvo. p. 51.
  5. ↑ Tatomir P. Vukanović (2001). Enciklopedija narodnog života, običaja i verovanja u Srba na Kosovu i Metohiji: VI vek - početak XX veka : više od 2000 odrednica. Vojnoizdavački zavod. p. 529.
  6. ↑ Serbia (2003). Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije. Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije. p. 10.
  7. ↑ Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti (1988). Zbornik Okruglog stola o naučnom istraživanju Kosova: održanog 26. i 27. februara 1985. godine. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 109.
  8. 1 2 Dušan T. Bataković (1989). Dechani question. Историјски институт. p. 64.
  9. ↑ Recherches albanologiques: Folklore et ethnologie. Instituti Albanologijik i Prishtinës. 1982. p. 106. Strellci i Epërm (2800 banorë) — Krasniqe

Sources

Coordinates: 42°34′42″N 20°17′36″E / 42.57833°N 20.29333°E / 42.57833; 20.29333

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