Shkrepi (Gremniku) is a settlement historically associated with the Klina area. It has a compact settlement pattern. Recorded traces around the settlement include roof tiles, bricks, building foundations, evidence of earlier habitation and use of the area.
Some of these traces are associated with the Illyrian-Dardanian period. The settlement appears in written records from 1200, with further references in 1202, 1282. Historical forms of the name recorded in documents include Grebeniq. A register from 1485 records 50 households.
After the expulsions of Albanians from the Sanjak of Niš in 1877–1878, Albanian muhajir families also settled here. The 20th century also brought emigration of residents to Turkey and Albania. During the interwar period, around 1936, 4 Serbian or Montenegrin colonist families were settled here. In 1919, the settlement suffered burning, looting or killings during actions by Serbian forces. During the 1998–1999 war, Serbian forces caused burning and destruction, killings of residents.
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Source and further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Settlements of Kosovo 3 — Klina, Prishtina, 2003.
Source entry: SHKREPI (Gremniku)
This page presents a selected summary from the published study of the settlement. For complete archival references, family histories, microtoponymy and the full treatment, consult the original volume.