| Strellc i Epërm | |
| Native Name: | Gornji Streoc |
| Native Name Lang: | sr |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
| Coordinates: | 42.5786°N 20.2941°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | District of Peja |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Deçan |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 3347 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Strellc i Epërm (in Albanian) or Gornji Streoc, meaning "Upper Streoc", is a village in the Deçan municipality of western Kosovo, located between Deçan and Pejë along the mountainous border with Albania. The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Albanians.
The village is a rural settlement of the half-scattered type.[2] It is located on the eastern slopes of the Streoc mountain (2336 m).[2]
The village of Strelac (Стрѣльц; Стрелац) was first mentioned in Serbian medieval documents.[3] [4] Ruins of a medieval fort (known in Serbian as gradište) exist below the village, on the Çeçan mountain.[5] The settlement was later divided into two parts, Gornji- (Upper) and Donji (Lower) Streoc. The village name was also spelled Gornje Streoce (Горње Стреоце),[6] Streovce, and Strovce.
During the Crimean War (1853–56), many Serbian families left the kaza (district) of Ipek and Yakova; 20 Serbian families left the village of Streoce.[7]
In 1901, an Albanian from Streoce tried to steal cattle from the Visoki Dečani, and was executed by Ottoman askeri; the mutesarif of Ipek welcomed their act, but his family threatened with vengeance towards the yüz başa of that crew.[8] After some days, an Ottoman crew of 25 was ambushed in Streoce.[8]
Both Gornji Streoc and Donji Streoc were featured in an Episode of the Australian Series Foreign Correspondent prior to the Kosovo War.
The village had a total population of 3,347 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Albanians.
The village's Albanians hail from Krasniqe.[9]