Sërbicë e Poshtme
Sërbicë e Poshtme
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  Sërbicë e Poshtme Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°17′13″N 20°41′56″E / 42.28694°N 20.69889°ECoordinates: 42°17′13″N 20°41′56″E / 42.28694°N 20.69889°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo[a] |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Prizren |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 674 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Sërbicë e Poshtme (Serbian Cyrillic: Доња Србица; Albanian: Sërbicë e Poshtme) is a village in the Prizren Municipality in southern Kosovo.
History[]
First mentioned in a chrysobull by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan in 1348, Sërbicë e Poshtme was known for having a well which supplied water to the surround villages. The village was exclusively inhabited by Serbs up until 1887 when a Turkish landowner expelled all but four Serbian households and settled Albanians from neighboring villages. In 1940 the remains of an old church and cemetery were discovered in the village. In 1997, reconstruction and restoration works were conducted by the local Serbs who managed to rebuild the foundations of the church. However, in 1999 following the end of the Kosovo War, the church was destroyed.[2]
A 1940 census of the village listed it as having 42 households in total. It consisted of 16 Serb (Christian Orthodox), 11 Muslim, 9 Albanian (6 of the Catholic faith, 3 of the Islamic faith), 5 Roma (Muslim faith) and 1 Turkish households:[3]
- Serb - Djordjevic (2 homes), Cardaklije (2 homes), Bajkic (3 homes), Ljubisavci (1 home), Tomic (1 home), Borobanci (5 homes), Jovanovic (1 home), Markovic (1 home).
- Muslim - Cardaklije (3 homes), Isenovic (1 home), Zejnelovic (1 home), Abazovic (3 homes).
- Albanian - Muslim: Salja (1 home), Malici (1 home), Zecirovic (1 home); Catholic: Miriditi (6 homes).
- Roma - Unknown surname (5 homes).
- Turkish - Alimovic (1 home).
Demographics[]
The village has a Kosovo Albanian majority.[4]
| Ethnicity | 2011 |
| Albanian | 600 |
| Ashkali | 39 |
| Egyptians | 20 |
| Roma | 11 |
| Bosniaks | 2 |
| Total | 674 |
Notes and references[]
Notes:
- ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.
References:
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Ivanovic, Milan (2013). Метохија:споменици и разарања. Нови Сад: Нови Сад:Прометеј. p. 417. COBISS 278213639
- ^ Filipovic, Milenko (1967). Različita etnološka građa s Kosova i Metohije. Beograd: Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnost. p. 92.
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
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