Pllanejë is a village 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, ...

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 situated near the villages of Milaj and Binaj.

History

Pllanejë may have been mentioned as a village in the 14th century, referred to as ''Pllano/Pllana''. Pllanejë was mentioned in the Ottoman defters of 1452-53 and 1571 and was inhabited by an Albanian population. Pllanejë was substantially destroyed during the

Kosovo war The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It ...

in the 1990s, and most of its inhabitants were driven out of the village and into

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. It is claimed that the

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killed about 180 Yugoslav soldiers in the

Pashtrik Pashtrik (, ; sr-Cyrl, Паштрик) is a mountain located in Albania and Kosovo. Its highest peak is located on their mutual border. It is high. The White Drin river passes along by it. Mount Pashtrik is the site of annual pilgrimages of resi ...

area of Pllanejë.

References

Villages in Prizren {{Kosovo-geo-stub