Settlement

Kaçaniku i Vjetër

Municipality Kacanik

Kaçaniku i Vjetër is in the municipality of Kacanik. A historical document from 1455 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Kaçaniku-atik.

Archaeological traces mentioned in the study include older burial grounds and building foundations. The source records burning connected with a documented historical conflict. The source records migration of residents to Turkey.

Source

Source & further reading

Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 10.

Source entry: KAÇANIKU I VJETËR

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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