Lin ( sq-definite, Lini, mk, Лин) is a village in the former Udënisht Municipality in Korçë County,

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. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Pogradec.

Geography

Lin is situated on a small peninsula on Lake Ohrid, just south of the

Qafë Thanë Qafë Thanë ( sq, Qafë Thanë; ) is a mountain pass on the shores of Lake Ohrid in Albania. It is located in the southeastern Albanian mountains, close to the border between Albania and North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia ...

mountain pass, which is a border-crossing point between Albania and North Macedonia. Pogradec is roughly 22 km to the south of the village, while

Struga Struga ( mk, Струга , sq, Strugë) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. Name The nam ...

is about 10 km north, along the lake shore.

Radožda Radožda ( mk, Радожда ) is a village in the Struga municipality in the southwestern region of North Macedonia. Geography Radožda is situated on the western shore of the Ohrid Lake. It is south of the town Struga. It is from the Mace ...

is the nearest settlement on the opposite side of the border.

History

The Lin area has been inhabited since at least the

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. Archaeological findings from the hilltop above the present-day village include foundation walls and mosaics of an early Christian Byzantine church, dating from the 6th century. The church is a Cultural Monument of Albania and is included within the possible UNESCO site of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region (Albania). In 1873, the village was recorded as having 65 households with 90 male Bulgarian Orthodox Christians and 62 male Muslims. In 1900, Vasil Kanchov traveled throughout the region, and he would report that Lin was a mixed village split equally between 300

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Christians and 300

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Muslims

Demographics

The

Tosk dialect is spoken in the area. Lin is the only place in Albania where the Vevčani-Radožda dialect of

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

is spoken by Macedonians.Hendricks, P. "The Radozda-Vevcani Dialect of Macedonian". Peter De Ridder Press, 1976, p. 3. The other three villages in which this dialect is spoken are in North Macedonia. During the 2000s linguists Klaus Steinke and Xhelal Ylli seeking to corroborate villages cited in past literature as being Slavic speaking carried out fieldwork. Lin was noted as being a mixed village of Orthodox Christians and Muslims having 1680 inhabitants and 296 families. Local Lin villagers stated that few families still speak Macedonian, such as in instances of marriage with women from neighbouring Radožda in

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, however, Macedonian overall is not used by the third generation. "Im nördlich von Pogradec unmittelbar am Ochridsee gelegenen Dorf Lin, mit 1680 Einwohnem (296 Familien), leben Orthodoxe und Moslems. Nach den Angaben des Ortsvorstehers Avdullari und denen anderer Informanten spricht man nur noch in wenigen Familien Makedonisch, d.h. wenn dort eine Frau aus dem makedonischen Nachbarort Radožda eingeheiratet hat. Aber auch in diesem Fall wird Makedonisch bereits von der dritten Generation nicht mehr benutzt. Von den aus Radožda zugezogenen Sprecherinnen wurden einige Sprachaufnahmen gemacht, die im Anhang zu finden sind."

Photos

File:Lin_albania_korce.jpg, Panoramic View over the Ohrid Lake and Lin

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Korce Populated places in Pogradec Villages in Korçë County Albanian Ohrid Lake Coast