Bishtazhin

Bishtazhin

Bishtazhin
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Village
	Interactive map of Bishtazhin
	Coordinates: 42°21′20″N 20°30′43″E / 42.355556°N 20.511944°E
Country	Kosovo
District	Gjakova
Municipality	Gjakova
Population (2024)
• Total	317
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Bishtazhin (Albanian: Bishtazhin/Bishtrazhin/Bistazhini; Serbian: Бистражин/Bistražin) is a village located near Gjakova, Kosovo. It is inhabited exclusively by Albanians.

History

Bishtazhin was mentioned in the Ottoman defter of 1571 and was inhabited by a Christian Albanian population. The village had 45 households. Bishtazhin was formed during the 16th century. Saint Teresa's mother is believed to have hailed from Bishtazhin.

During the Yugoslav colonisation of Kosovo, 5 Serbo-Montenegrin colonist families were initially settled in Bishtazhin, and in the locality of Bishtazhin-Lipovec-Smaç, a further 33 Serbo-Montenegrin colonist families with 164 people were settled in the area between 1929 and 1933. From 13 to 15 April 1941, Serbian chetniks massacred 72 Catholic Albanians in the village. During World War II, Albanians destroyed the Serbian church in the village.

Religion

Bishtazhin is inhabited by Catholic Albanians. The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary is located in the village.^{[citation needed]}

Places of interest

The Terzi Bridge is nearby.

References

↑ "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
↑ "NGA GEOnet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2008-01-30. Archived from the original on 2003-10-08. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Pulaha, Selami (1984). Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve XV XVI. Tirana: 8 Nëntori. p. 200.
1 2 Alpion, Gëzim (2020). Mother Teresa The Saint and Her Nation. London: Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 9789389812466.
↑ Culaj, Vilson (26 October 2018). Historiku i Bishtazhinit.
↑ Osmani, Jusuf (2010). Kolonizimi Serb i Kosovës. Prishtina: ERA. pp. 84–85. ISBN 9789951040525.
↑ "Martirët katolikë shqiptarë të komunitetit kishtar të Bishtazhinit të Gjakovës - Vatican News". 13 April 2019.
↑ Самарџић, Рената; Нешић, Данијела; Симеуновић, Драган; Зиројевић, Мина (2022). Уништавање и присвајање културног наслеђа: Од Лувра до Косова и Палмире. Београд: Службени гласник. p. 57. ISBN 978-86-519-2761-7.

42°21′20″N 20°30′43″E / 42.355556°N 20.511944°E / 42.355556; 20.511944 (Bishtazhin)

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[1] "ASK Data - Regjistrimi popullsisë". Agjencia e Statistikave të Kosovës (ASK). 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[2] "NGA GEOnet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2008-01-30. Archived from the original on 2003-10-08. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[Pulaha-3] Pulaha, Selami (1984). Popullsia Shqiptare e Kosoves Gjate Shekujve XV XVI. Tirana: 8 Nëntori. p. 200.

[Alpion-4] 1 2 Alpion, Gëzim (2020). Mother Teresa The Saint and Her Nation. London: Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 9789389812466.

[5] Culaj, Vilson (26 October 2018). Historiku i Bishtazhinit.

[6] Osmani, Jusuf (2010). Kolonizimi Serb i Kosovës. Prishtina: ERA. pp. 84–85. ISBN 9789951040525.

[7] "Martirët katolikë shqiptarë të komunitetit kishtar të Bishtazhinit të Gjakovës - Vatican News". 13 April 2019.

[8] Самарџић, Рената; Нешић, Данијела; Симеуновић, Драган; Зиројевић, Мина (2022). Уништавање и присвајање културног наслеђа: Од Лувра до Косова и Палмире. Београд: Службени гласник. p. 57. ISBN 978-86-519-2761-7.