Strellc i Epërm
Gornji Streoc
Village
Strellc i Epërm is located in Kosovo
Strellc i Epërm
Strellc i Epërm
Coordinates: 42°34′43″N 20°17′39″E / 42.578633°N 20.294069°E / 42.578633; 20.294069
Country Kosovo
DistrictDistrict of Peja
MunicipalityDeçan
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total3,347
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Strellc i Epërm (in Albanian) or Gornji Streoc (Serbian: Горњи Стреоц), meaning "Upper Streoc", is a village in the Deçan municipality of western Kosovo, located between Deçan and Pejë 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 Çeçan 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 3,347 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.[1] The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Albanians.

Anthropology

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

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Kosovo Census results
  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

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