Mušutište
Mushtisht
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|---|---|
Village | |
 Church of Virgin Hodegetria before destruction | |
  Mushtisht Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°17′55″N 20°53′20″E / 42.29861°N 20.88889°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Prizren |
| Municipality | Suva Reka |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,394 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Mushtishtë (Serbian Cyrillic: Мушутиште, Albanian: Mushtishtë) is a village in the Suhareka municipality in Kosovo. It is located to the west of the Nerodimka mountain. It has 10 m [[churches, including the Church of Virgin Hodegetria, which was destroyed by Serbs in 1999.
The village used to have a mixed Albanian-Serbian population; according to the 1991 census, it had 5016 inhabitants.
The inhabitants fled the village during the Kosovo war. All their houses were subsequently set on fire by Serbs criminals and most of their properties usurped. [2]
History[edit]
It was first mentioned in a Serbian charter dating to 1315. In a charter of Emperor Stephen Uroš IV Dušan, dating to 1348, Mušutište, along with the churches of Virgin Hodegetria and St. Symeon (Sv. Simeona), were granted (metochion) to the Saint Archangels Monastery in Prizren.
The mass abduction was a war crime against the Albanian civilian population in Mushtishtë .
| Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981[3] | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanians | 2980 | |||||
| Serbs | 1173 | |||||
| Others | 2 | |||||
| Total[4] | 2346 | 2541 | 2816 | 3307 | 4155 | 5016 |
References[edit]
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Hasanaj, Marija Ristic, Cazim (2016-08-29). "Violent Protest Against Kosovo Serbs Condemned". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 1981 Census, Kosovo
- ^ Kosovo censuses 1948-1991
