Sredačka župa
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Srecka (
Sredska') is a remote geographical region, a valley, in southeastern Kosovo, below the Šar Mountains at the source of the Prizren Bistrica
.
Geography
The region, an oval basin, lies below the Šar Mountains, at the source, upper stream of the Prizren Bistrica.[1] South of the region between the Prizren mountains and Koritnik mountain, lies the Gora region. It currently includes
, Gornje Selo.History
It was a medieval Sredska. In the early 19th century, Sredačka župa was inhabited by Serbs, and in the first decades Serbian schools were opened here.[2]
Between 1918 and 1945 Sredačka župa was a municipality of the
FPR Yugoslavia (1945–63). In 1953, there were 12 villages in the region, and the region was inhabited by "Serbs [...] divided into Muslims and Orthodox" in all villages except Stružje (Struže) inhabited by Albanian Muslims.[1]
Demographics and anthropology
The region is inhabited by a majority of Bosniaks and minority of Serbs (who left during and following the Kosovo War.
Notable people
- Vuk Isakovič(1696-1759), Austrian soldier
- Čolak-Anta (1777-1853), Serbian revolutionary
- Jake Allex (1887-1959), Serbian-American soldier
Annotations
It is known in historiography as Sredačka Župa (
Sredska
")
References
- ^ a b Mitar S. Vlahović (1953). Zbornik Etnografskog muzeja u Beogradu. Naučna knjiga. pp. 90–100.
- ^ Zbornik za historiju školstva i prosvjete. Vol. 13–15. Hrvatski školski muzej. 1980. p. 110.
- ^ Dve domovini: razprave o izseljenstvu. Inštitut za slovensko izseljenstvo. 2008. p. 75.
- ^ Mitar S. Vlahović (1953). Zbornik Etnografskog muzeja u Beogradu. Naučna knjiga. pp. 92–100.
Sources
- Mitar S. Vlahović (1953). Zbornik Etnografskog muzeja u Beogradu. Naučna knjiga. pp. 90–100.
- Vojislav Tanasković (1992). Sredačka župa: monografija. Jedinstvo. ISBN 978-86-7019-095-5.
Further reading
- Mitar S. Vlahović (1931). Средачка Жупа (Sredačka župa). Скопље. pp. 27–52.
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