Settlement

Hogoshti

Municipality Kamenica

Hogoshti is in the municipality of Kamenica. A historical document from 1438 mentions the settlement under the form Hogosta. An Ottoman register from 1455 documents the settlement.

A historical document from 1878 mentions the settlement. A later register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Hogoshta. In Osmani’s interpretation, archaeological traces include older burial grounds. The source records migration of residents to Turkey. Historical sources also record the settlement under the form Hokosh.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 13.

Source entry: HOGOSHTI

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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