Štirovica

Štirovica
Штировица
Shtirovicë
Village
Štirovica, 1907
Štirovica, 1907
Štirovica is located in North Macedonia
Štirovica
Štirovica
Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°47′20″N 20°37′55″E / 41.788889°N 20.631944°E / 41.788889; 20.631944
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Gostivar
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesGV
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Štirovica (Macedonian: Стрезимир; Albanian: Shtirovicë) is a historical village located within the boundaries of the present-day village of Brodec in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia. It is part of the region of Upper Reka.

History

Štirovica (Shterovica) appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of 11 households and the anthroponymy recorded depicts a predominantly Albanian character.[1]

According to Ethnography of the Adrianople, Monastir and Salonika vilayets, Štirovica in 1873 had 100 households with 235 Albanian Muslims.[2] In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village was inhabited by 400 Muslim Albanians.[3]

Due to uprisings in the Upper Reka region, Štirovica was burned down by Serbian and Bulgarian forces between 1912 and 1916.[4]

Notable people

  • Shepherds from Štirovica
    Shepherds from Štirovica
  • Residents of Štirovica on a hillside
    Residents of Štirovica on a hillside
  • Wedding guests in Štirovica
    Wedding guests in Štirovica
  • 2 boys from Štirovica showing their opinga
    2 boys from Štirovica showing their opinga

References

  1. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 128.
  2. ^ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995. стр. 174-175.
  3. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 91, 263.
  4. ^ Osmani 2012, p. 9."Tërnica, Reçi, Boletini, Dëbova, Strezimiri, Zavojska dhe Shtirovica deri në vitin 1916 u dogjën nga serbët dhe bullgarët. [Tërnica, Reçi, Boletini, Dëbova, Strezimiri, Zavojska and Shtirovica until 1916 were burned by Serbs and Bulgarians.]"

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