Mushtisht or Mušutište ( sr-Cyrl, Мушутиште) is a village in the
Suhareka
Suva Reka ( sr-Cyrl, Сува Река) or Suharekë () or Therandë () is a List of cities in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in the District of Prizren, Prizren district of central-southern Kosovo. According to ...
municipality in
Kosovo
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
. It is located to the west of the
Nerodimka mountain. It has 10 medieval
Serbian Orthodox churches, including the notable
Church of Virgin Hodegetria, which was destroyed in 1999.
The village used to have a mixed Albanian-Serbian population; according to the 1991 census, it had 5016 inhabitants.
The Serbian inhabitants fled the village during the Kosovo war. All their houses were subsequently set on fire and most of their properties usurped. Their return to the village has been actively opposed by an Albanian group.
History
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
Prizren ( sq-definite, Prizreni, ; sr-cyr, Призрен) is the second List of cities and towns in Kosovo, most populous city and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and District of Prizren, ...
. The churches were destroyed in the 1999 conflict.
Notable people
*
Lindon Emërllahu is a Kosovan professional
footballer who plays for the
Kosovo national team, was born here.
References
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Villages in Suva Reka