Settlement

Rrahishta (Rahovica)

Municipality Kamenica

Rrahishta (Rahovica) is in the municipality of Kamenica. A historical document from 1438 mentions the settlement. An Ottoman register from 1455 documents the settlement under the form Orashica with 13 households.

A later register from 1893 documents the settlement under the form Rahovicë. For 1998–99, the source documents killings. The source records migration of residents to Turkey.

Source

Source & further reading

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

Source entry: RRAHISHTA (Rahovica)

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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