Kotorr | |
Native Name: | Kotorr Kosovë |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Subdivision Type: | Location |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Mitrovicë |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Skënderaj |
Population Total: | 279 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Pushpin Map: | Kosovo |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kosovo |
Coordinates: | 42.8011°N 20.7431°W |
Kotorr (in Albanian) is a village in Kosovo located in the town-municipality of Skenderaj and in the District of Mitrovica. According to the 2011 census, it had 279 inhabitants, all of whom were Albanian.
The village is located on the north side of the Peja-Mitrovica road, some 8 kilometres north-west of Skenderaj.[2]
The village has been inhabited since late antiquity. In the south western part of the village the archeological locality of Kotorr Fortress (Albanian Gradina e Kotorrit) is situated, which based on the archeological findings, it goes back to 4th-5th century AD.[3]
Kotorr was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman defter (tax registry) of the conquered lands of Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu.[2] The village had an old church, of which only micro-toponyms exist today: "Church" (Kisha), and "Church Valley" (Lugu i Kishës).[2] [4]
After the Kosovo War, during the presence of the NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force, two houses belonging to Serbs were burnt down and one house was illegally occupied.[5]