Settlement
Cernica
Municipality Gjilan
Cernica is in the municipality of Gjilan. A historical document from 1393 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1411 documents the settlement under the form Çernicë.
A historical document from 1512 mentions the settlement. A later register from 1566 documents the settlement under the form Çernica with 66 households and 12 unmarried men. The register from 1893 documents the settlement. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include pottery and tile fragments. Historical sources also record the settlement under the form Kala.
Source
Source & further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 6.
Source entry: CERNICA
This page presents a selected part of a much more extensive published settlement study. For detailed archival references, family histories, local toponyms and the complete settlement record, consult the original volume.
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