Drsnik, Kosovo

Dresnik

Dresnik (Albanian)
Дрсник/Drsnik (Serbian)
Dresnik Dresnik (Albanian); Дрсник/Drsnik (Serbian);
Village
	Dresnik Location in Kosovo
	Coordinates: 42°36′22″N 20°36′03″E
Location	Kosovo
District	Pejë
Municipality	Klinë
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,770
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32000
Area code	+381
Car plates	03

Drsnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Дрсник), or Dërsnik or Dresnik (Albanian: Dërsniku or Dresniku), is a settlement in the Klina municipality of Kosovo.[2]

History

During Early Middle Ages, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of Desstinik.[3] Archaeological discoveries from the Roman period were made here in August 2013.[4]

During World War II, Drsnik was one of the many settlements in Kosovo where the Serb civilian population was persecuted and killed by Albanian paramilitaries.[5]

Drsnik had a Serbian majority. In June 1999 the Serbian population fled due to war. Some Serbs returned to the village after five years, in June 2005.[6] The interior of the church of St. Paraskeva, which dates back to the 16th century, was completely torched in June 1999. Some frescoes survived the fire; in 2005 funds were being collected for the church's repair and a restoration of the frescoes.[6]

In 2009 there were arson attacks on two Serbian houses in Drsnik.[7]

Population

In the 2011 census, the population was 1770.[8]

Data for 1991 may not reflect the correct number of Albanians that year, as they largely boycotted that census.

Year	Serbs	%	Albanians	%	others	%	Total
Ethnic Composition
1961	900	78.13%	222	19.27%	30	2.60%	1152
1971	837	70.16%	337	28.25%	19	1.59%	1193
1981	709	71.91%	242	24.54%	35	3.55%	986
1991	590	95.78%	12	1.95%	14	2.27%	616
2011	10	0,56%	1751	98.9%	9	0.54%	1770

References

2011 Kosovo Census results
"Drsnik Map - Serbia and Montenegro Google Satellite Maps".
Historiku (History) (in Albanian), Municipality of Klina
Archaeological discoveries in Dresnik of Klina, the most intriguing discovery of the past few decades, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of Kosovo, 2013-08-15
Antonijević, Nenad (2009). Албански злочини над Србима на Косову и Метохији у Другом светском рату, документа (PDF). Muzej žrtava genocida. p. 44. ISBN 9788690632992.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100430001252/http://www.kosovo.net/news/archive/2005/October_31/1.html. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
"KPS: Pucano na kuću u naselju Ljug". B92.net.
"Table: population - Klinë Detail settlement". REKOS 2011. Kosovo Agency of Statistics. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

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[1] 2011 Kosovo Census results

[2] "Drsnik Map - Serbia and Montenegro Google Satellite Maps".

[3] Historiku (History) (in Albanian), Municipality of Klina

[4] Archaeological discoveries in Dresnik of Klina, the most intriguing discovery of the past few decades, Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport of Kosovo, 2013-08-15

[5] Antonijević, Nenad (2009). Албански злочини над Србима на Косову и Метохији у Другом светском рату, документа (PDF). Muzej žrtava genocida. p. 44. ISBN 9788690632992.

[Kosovo2005-6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100430001252/http://www.kosovo.net/news/archive/2005/October_31/1.html. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[7] "KPS: Pucano na kuću u naselju Ljug". B92.net.

[8] "Table: population - Klinë Detail settlement". REKOS 2011. Kosovo Agency of Statistics. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2013.