Kotorr, Kosovo

Coordinates: 42°48′04″N 20°44′35″E / 42.80111°N 20.74306°E / 42.80111; 20.74306
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Kotorr
Kotorr Kosovë
Village
Kotorr is located in Kosovo
Kotorr
Kotorr
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°48′04″N 20°44′35″E / 42.80111°N 20.74306°E / 42.80111; 20.74306
Location Kosovo
DistrictMitrovicë
MunicipalitySkënderaj
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total279
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Kotorr (in Albanian) is a village in Kosovo located in the town-municipality of Skenderaj and in the District of Mitrovica. According to the 2011 census, it had 279 inhabitants, all of whom were Albanian.

Kotorr

Geography[edit]

The village is located on the north side of the Pec-Mitrovica road, some 8 kilometres north-west of Skenderaj/Srbica.[2]

History[edit]

The village has been inhabited since late antiquity. In the south western part of the village the archeological locality of Kotorr Fortress (Albanian Gradina e Kotorrit) is situated, which based on the archeological findings, it goes back to 4th-5th century AD.[3]

Kotorr was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman defter (tax registry) of the conquered lands of Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu.[2] The village had an old church, of which only micro-toponyms exist today: "Church" ( Kisha), and "Church Valley" (Lugu i Kishës).[2][4]

After the Kosovo War, during the presence of the NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force, two houses belonging to Serbs were burnt down and one house was illegally occupied.[5]

Demographics[edit]

Historical population of Kotorr, Kosovo
(Source: [6])
Year1948195319611971198119912011
Population401422422430494516279

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011". pop-stat.mashke.org.
  2. ^ a b c Алексей Лидов (2007). Косово: Ортходокс херитаже анд контемпорары катастрофе. Индрик. p. 289. ISBN 9785857593943.
  3. ^ Hoxhaj, Vesel (2013). HARTA ARKEOLOGJIKE E KOSOVES II (2 ed.). Prishtinë: Instituti Arkeologjik i Kosovës. pp. 108/109. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. ^ Gojko Subotić (1997). Terra Sacra: L'Arte Del Cossovo. Jaca Book. ISBN 978-88-16-60198-7.
  5. ^ Zoran Andjelković; Center for Peace and Tolerance (2000). Days of terror: in the presence of the international forces. Center for peace and tolerance. pp. 105, 154. Kotore, Srbica
  6. ^ "Evolution of the population 1948-2011". pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-census-ks.htm. Retrieved 14 September 2014.