Slavište, also known as the Kriva Palanka Plain,
is a historical region around
Kriva Palanka
Kriva Palanka ( ) is a town located in the northeastern part of North Macedonia. It has 13,481 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has 18,059 inhabitants.
The town lies near the ''Deve Bair'' ...
, in the northeastern part of
North Macedonia
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, once by the medieval fortified town of ''Slavište'',
also known as Gradište,
west of the modern town. The name ''Slavište'' is first mentioned in 1321, in the
Gračanica charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the ...
of Serbian king
Stefan Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Saint King, was the King of Serbia between 1282–1321, a member of the Nemanjić dynasty. He was one ...
(r. 1282–1321), though it is believed to be older.
During the
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српско царство, Srpsko carstvo, separator=" / ", ) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expande ...
(1345–1371), the Slavište ''
župa
A župa, or zhupa, is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavs, South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "county" or "parish". It was mentioned for the first t ...
'' (county) consisted of the surrounding of modern-day Kriva Palanka which was the hereditary land of the
Paskačić noble family
The Paskačić family (Serbian Cyrillic: Паскачић, Paskačići / Паскачићи) was a Serbian noble family that served the Serbian Empire, of Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355) and Uroš the Weak (r. 1355-1371), then the Mrnjavčevi ...
. It was to the east of the
Žegligovo
Kumanovo ( ; , sq-definite, Kumanova; also known by other alternative names) is the second-largest city in North Macedonia after the capital Skopje and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the largest municipality in the country. Kumanovo lie ...
''župa'', surrounding modern-day
Kumanovo
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, and to the southwest of
Osogovo
Osogovo ( Bulgarian/ Macedonian: ), or Osogovska Planina or Osogovski Planini (Осоговска Планина or Осоговски Планини), is a mountain range and ski resort between the south-western part of Bulgaria ( Kyustendil Pr ...
, part of the land of the
Dejanović noble family
The House of Dejanović ( sr-Cyrl, Дејановић, Dejanovići / Дејановићи) or House of Dragaš ( sr-Cyrl, Драгаш, Dragaši / Драгаши) originates from a medieval noble family that served the Serbian Empire of Dušan ...
.
In 1573, the Ottoman ''
nahia'' of Slavište was recorded.
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.
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Kriva Palanka Municipality
Geography of North Macedonia
Subdivisions of Serbia in the Middle Ages
Medieval Macedonia