Settlement
Dersniku
Municipality Klina
Dersniku is in the municipality of Klina. An Ottoman register from 1455 documents the settlement under the form Drstenik with 104 households and 117 unmarried men. A later register from 1582 documents the settlement under the form Dersniku with 43 households and 19 unmarried men.
The register from 1893 documents the settlement. Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include older burial grounds. Historical sources also record the settlement under the form Sveta Petka.
Source
Source & further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 3.
Source entry: DERSNIKU
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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