Çermenikë

Coordinates: 41°15′N 20°15′E / 41.25°N 20.25°E / 41.25; 20.25
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Çermenikë or Çermenika is an

upland northeast of Elbasan, in central Albania
.

In the

suffragan see of the Archbishopric of Dyrrhachium.[1]

In the medieval period the upland used to be inhabited completely by Catholics.[2] The Roman-Catholic church then erected an episcopal see, which is today the Titular See of Tzernicus and which was a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Achrida (Ohrid).

In the mid-15th century, the region was ruled by

Gjergj Arianiti, one of the main leaders of the Albanian resistance to the Ottoman Empire.[3]

In the late Ottoman period it is reported that the region had 12 villages and 3000 Bektashi inhabitants.[4]

In

Albanian Resistance to the German occupation.[5]

References

  1. ISBN 9783000219719
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  2. OCLC 631597496
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  3. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3
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  4. ^ Çarçani, Leonard (2007). Besimet Fetare në Prefekturën e Elbasanit. Page 9: "Krahina e Çermanikës me 12fshatra dhe 3000 myslimanë bektashianë."
  5. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3
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