Settlement
Kastra (Kasterci)
Municipality Suhareka
Kastra (Kasterci) is in the municipality of Suhareka. A historical document from 1348 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1530 documents the settlement with 5 households and 1 unmarried man.
A later register from 1582 documents the settlement under the form Kostran. The register from 1591 documents the settlement under the form Kostrec with 7 households and 2 unmarried men. For 1998–99, the source documents expulsion. The source records burning connected with a documented historical conflict.
Source
Source & further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Vendbanimet e Kosovës, Volume 4.
Source entry: KASTRA (Kasterci)
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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