Vrelo, Istog Explained

Vrella
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Kosovo
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kosovo
Subdivision Type:Location
Subdivision Name:Kosovo
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Peja
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Istog
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2641
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.7706°N 20.4044°W

Vrella (Serbian: Врело) or Vrellë (in Albanian), formerly Vrela (Serbian: Врела) is a village in Istog municipality, Kosovo.

Demography

The village has an Albanian ethnic majority.

History

Vrelo was first mentioned in written sources in 1397, when Princess Milica of Serbia donated the Vrela hamlet to Visoki Dečani monastery. In census from 1485 monastery of Our Lady of Hvosno with 5 monks is mentioned. For a time monastery elder was Makarije Sokolović, future Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Near the monastery are remains of an unnamed fort, and high above the place several hermitages have been found.

Notes and References

  1. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-ethnic-loc2011.htm 2011 Kosovo Census results