Štirovica ( mk, Стрезимир; sq, Shtirovicë) is a historical

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

located within the boundaries of the present-day village of Brodec in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Gostivar Gostivar ( mk, Гостивар , Albanian and Turkish: ''Gostivar''), is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is one of the largest municipalities in the country with a population of 81,042, and the town also ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. It is part of the region of

Upper Reka Upper Reka ( mk, Горна Река, Gorna Reka; ), meaning "Upper river", is a geographic and ethnographic subregion of the broader Reka region of western North Macedonia, including settlements within the upper left portion of the Municipali ...

History

Štirovica (''Shterovica'') appears in the Ottoman ''

defter A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Description The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...

'' of 1467 as a village in the

ziamet Ziamet was a form of land tenure in the Ottoman Empire, consisting in grant of lands or revenues by the Ottoman Sultan to an individual in compensation for their services, especially military services. The ziamet system was introduced by Osman I, wh ...

Reka Reka may refer to: Places * Řeka, a village in the Czech Republic * Reka, Cerkno, a village near Cerkno, Slovenia * Reka, Laško, a village near Laško, Slovenia * Reka (Kladovo), a village near Kladovo, Serbia * Reka, Koprivnica, a village ne ...

which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of 11 households and the anthroponymy recorded depicts a predominantely Albanian character. According to ''Ethnography of the Adrianople, Monastir and Salonika vilayets'', Štirovica in 1873 had 100 households with 235 Albanian Muslims. In statistics gathered by

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician. Biography Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom, ...

in 1900, the village was inhabited by 400 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900).
Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics
'. Sofia. p. 91, 263. Due to uprisings in the Upper Reka region, Štirovica was burned down by Serbian and Bulgarian forces between 1912–1916.."Tërnica, Reçi, Boletini, Dëbova, Strezimiri, Zavojska dhe Shtirovica deri në vitin 1916 u dogjën nga serbët dhe bullgarët. ërnica, Reçi, Boletini, Dëbova, Strezimiri, Zavojska and Shtirovica until 1916 were burned by Serbs and Bulgarians.

Notable people

Bajazid Doda Bajazid Elmaz Doda (1888–1933) was an Albanian ethnographic writer and photographer. He is the author of the book ''Albanisches Bauerleben im oberen Rekatal bei Dibra (Makedonien) (Albanian Peasant Life in the Upper Reka Valley near Dibra (Mace ...

, ethnographic writer and photographer

Gallery

Doda nb902075b.jpg, Shepherds from Štirovica Štirovičani-1907.jpg, Residents of Štirovica on a hillside Maqedoni. Ardhja e krushqëve në Shtirovicë.jpg, Wedding guests in Štirovica Maqedoni. Dy të rinj të Shtirovicës duke treguar opingat e tyre.jpg, 2 boys from Štirovica showing their

opinga Opinga (Gheg Albanian: Apânga) are traditional shoes worn by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia (opinci), Montenegro, Greece (by the Arvanites), and the Arbëresh villages of Italy. They were also worn by countrymen in Romania (opinca) ...

References

{{Gostivar Municipality Villages in Gostivar Municipality Albanian communities in North Macedonia