| Dumnicë e Poshtme | |
| Native Name: | Donja Dubnica |
| Native Name Lang: | sr |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kosovo |
| Subdivision Type: | Location |
| Subdivision Type1: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pristina |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Podujevë |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.78 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 2975 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 42.9667°N 33°W |
| Elevation M: | 608 |
Donja Dubnica (Serbian: Доња Дубница, Albanian: '''Dumnica e Poshtme'''|italic=no) is a village which is located in the Municipality of Podujevo, district of Pristina of north-eastern Kosovo. It has a population of 2,975 people according to the Kosovan 2011 census.[1]
According to the 1991 census, the village had 2,951 inhabitants.[2] The rural settlement was suburban-agricultural (29,7% agrarian inhabitants), of the half-scattered type, on 620–740 m height at the valley sides of the Kopaonik by the Dubnica river, left tributary of Lab, on both sides of the Podujevo-Kuršumlija road, 5 km northeast from Podujevo. The cadastral area is 2051 hectares.[2]
The settlement is divided into several mahala (quarters), such as Tahirova, Tiova, Šaljova, Marino brdo, Gornja, Donja, etc.[2] In 1965 the mahalas were Čukića, Imerovića, Suljića and Taovića, named after the Albanian families, and the village was of the scattered type.[3]
The village is one of the medieval villages which had an Orthodox church. It was mentioned in the 1455 defter as Donja Dubnica (Доња Дубница) with 9 houses.[2] Priest Kuzma served in the village.[4] In the second half of the 18th century it was settled by Albanians of the Berisha fis from northern Albania.[2] The native Serbian population was subsequently Albanianized (i.e. one of the families, the Zec, became Žjec-Zhjeqi/Zhjeci).[2] After the Treaty of Berlin (1878), Albanian mujahirs from the Kuršumlija region settled the village (from Rača, Matarova, Vrševac, Ravni Šort, Dabinovac, Tijovac, and other villages).[2] In 1914, Donja Dubnica and neighbouring Gornja Dubnica together had 1101 inhabitants, while in 1921, Donja Dubnica had 185 households and 1100 inhabitants.[2] After the Balkan Wars, in 1913–14, 32 households of Serbs from Aleksandrovačka Župa, Ibarski Kolašin, Jablanica and Kosanica, and 8 households of Montenegrins settled the village.[2] With World War I they left the village, then returned between 1921 and 1926 with 37 Serb households from Lika, Toplica, and other regions.[2] Albanian kachaks in the village were disarmed by the Yugoslav authorities by 1924.[5] In 1990, unidentified ethnic Albanians attacked the Serbs in the village.[6] In 1961, 43,6% were Serb/Montenegrins; in 1981 9,3% – the village is today Albanian, as the non-Albanian population was pressured to leave during the Kosovo War, in mid-1999.[2]
The village has a secondary school,[2] a mosque, an agricultural apothecary "Dubnica" (6 workers), and other businesses.