Koretište
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Village in Gjilan, Kosovo
Koretište
| |
|---|---|
Koretište is located in Kosovo Koretište Koretište Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°29′18′′N 21°26′30′′E / 42.48833°N 21.44167°E / 42.48833; 21.44167 | |
| Location | Kosovo |
| District | Gjilan |
| Municipality | Gjilan |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 530[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Koretište (Serbian Cyrillic: Коретиште; erroneously Kuretište (Куретиште)[2] ) or Koretishti (Albanian: Koretishtë, Koretisht), is a village in the municipality of Gjilan in Kosovo. It is inhabited by majority of ethnic Serbs.[3]
History
The village was mentioned as Karanište (Serbian Cyrillic: Караниште) in the Ottoman defter of 1455 of the Vlk Vilayet (Vilayet of Vuk), encompassing most of Vuk Branković's former territory. At that time the village was populated with a priest and 14 households.[4]
On the Austrian map from 1689, it is registered under the name Koretište (Serbian Cyrillic: Коретиште).
See also
References
- ^ Kosovo census 1948 - 2011 Retrieved 20.05.2016.
- ^ Атанасије Урошевић — Горња Морава и Изморник, страна 225 и 226 (Насеља и порекло становништва (књига 28) — Српски етнографски зборник (књига LI), Београд 1935.)[1]
- ^ Ethnic composition of Kosovo - 2011 Retrieved 19.05.2016.
- ^ Hamid Hadžibegić; Adem Handžić; Ešref Kovačević (1972). Oblast Brankovića – Opširni katastarski popis iz 1455. Sarajevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Orijentalni institut Sarajevo.
External links
- Koretište (Serbian Cyrillic: Коретиште) – video from the air (2017):
- video on Facebook facebook.com
- video on YouTube youtube.com
