Carrabreg i Poshtëm | |
Official Name: | Donji Crnobreg Доњи Црнобрег Carrabreg i Poshtëm |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kosovo |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kosovo |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Municipality of Deçan |
Subdivision Name2: | Villages of the Municipality of Deçani |
Established Title: | First mention |
Established Date: | 1330 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3505 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 42.5333°N 37°W |
Elevation M: | 600 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 51000 |
Area Code: | 0381 390 |
Carrabreg i Poshtëm Serbian: Доњи Црнобрег) or Donji Crnobreg is a village in the Deçan municipality of western Kosovo. It is located in the Dukagjini basin between Deçan and the village of Prilep along the mountainous border with Albania. The majority of the population comprises ethnic Albanians.
The village, of the "compact type", is located on 600m altitude on the left valley side of the Bistrica e Lloqanit (river), on both sides of the old Deçan–Gjakovë road.[2]
Crnveni breg (Црвени брег) was mentioned in the Dečani chrysobull (1330).[2] [3] In the Ottoman defter of 1485, the village (Turkish: Cirun Brek) had 19 Serb households and one Muslim household.[2] In 1921, there were 58 households and 634 inhabitants.[2] There are ruins of two Orthodox churches in the village, the Church of St. Nicholas, and the Church of St. George, both mentioned in the 1330 chrysobull.[2] After World War II, the villages of Gornji Crnobreg and Donji Crnobreg were one hamlet, Crnobreg (Црнобрег), of Deçan.[3]