Moglicë is a historic village in the

Stëblevë Stëblevë ( Bulgarian and ) is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County in eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Librazhd. The population at the 2011 census was 809.

commune,

Elbasan County Elbasan County () is one of the 12 counties of Albania. The population is 232,580 (as of 2023), in an area of 3199 km2. Its capital is the city Elbasan. Administrative divisions Until 2000, Elbasan County was subdivided into four districts: ...

, in

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

Librazhd Librazhd ( sq-definite, Librazhdi) is a town and a municipality in Elbasan County, southeast Albania. The municipality was reformed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Hotolisht, Librazhd, Lunik, Orenj ...

. Until 1991 Moglicë was under the administration of Dibër, Albania.Library of Congress Online Catalogue. Online
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consists of the villages Borove, Llange, Moglicë, Prodan, Sebisht, Steblevë and Zabzun.

History

Moglicë is the birthplace of

Hasan Moglica Hoxhë Hasan Moglica commonly referred as Hoxhë Moglica, was an Albanian alim, müderris, engineer, philosopher, patriot, nationalist figure and proclaimed as martyr of Albanian language and nation by the Albanian government. Life and work Ear ...

(1854–1915), a scholar, educator, leader, engineer, philosopher, patriot, nationalist figure and the martyr of Albanian language and nation. He was buried alive by the Serbian army on 15 June 1915 when he refused to sell Albanian land. Albanian Teacher Hasan Moglica had transformed his 28-room stone-house into a huge library and language school. As of today, memories of glory days of Moglicë of Dibra remain an important part of the Albanian culture. The Moglica's Publisher (In Albanian: Moglicë) is a Dibër publishing house that was founded by The Moglica's House in 1876 to publish Abetaret in Albanian. It was burnt down by Turkish soldiers of

Turgut Pasha Shevket Turgut Pasha (; 1857–1924) was an Ottoman Turkish army general with the rank of ''mirliva'' (major general), who also held the governmental title of ''pasha'' (lord). He went to the Prussian military school. Biography Albanian revo ...

in 1908.

Economy

Historically the main economic activity of the village has been the livestock farming, hunting, beekeeping, and medicinal plants sale.

Hydropower plant

In 2016 hydropower plant was built between Moglicë,

and Big Okshtun,

Dibër County Dibër County (; ) is one of the 12 counties of the Republic of Albania, spanning a surface area of with the capital in Peshkopi. The county borders on the counties of Durrës, Elbasan, Kukës, Lezhë, Tirana and the country of North Macedonia. ...

— nearby the united school "Hasan Moglica".Order nr. 05 June 1, 2012
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Language

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

is spoken in the historic village.

Note

Moglicë: In writing context, its name can be found sometimes as Moglice, Muglic or Muglicë.

Gallery

File:Hoxhe-Moglica.jpg, Teacher

(1854-1915) — an

scholar, educator, leader, engineer, philosopher, patriot, nationalist figure and the martyr of Albanian language and nation. (Born in 1854 in Moglicë) File:Moglicë.jpg, Moglicë is a historic village in Steblevë commune, Librazhd District, Elbasan County, Albania

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moglice Populated places in Librazhd Villages in Elbasan County