Gojbulja

Gojbulë
Village
The village of Gojbulja, in the north of Kosovo
The village of Gojbulja, in the north of Kosovo
Gojbulë is located in Kosovo
Gojbulë
Gojbulë
Coordinates: 42°50′56″N 20°59′30″E / 42.84889°N 20.99167°E / 42.84889; 20.99167
LocationKosovo
DistrictDistrict of Mitrovica
MunicipalityVushtrri
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
877
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Gojbulja (Serbian Cyrillic: Гојбуља) or Gojbulë is a settlement in the Vushtrri municipality of Kosovo. The rural settlement lies on a cadastral area with the same name, with 692 hectares. It lies 687 m above sea level. In the 2011 census, it had 891 inhabitants.

It was one of four Serbian villages in Vushtrri, with ca. 300 residents.[2] But now it is majority Albanian with only 4 Serb residents. There is a local elementary school in the village.

History

Gojbulja is mentioned for the first time in an Ottoman defter (tax register) of 1455, as a village with 33 houses, and a church, dedicated to Parascheva (Sv. Petka). On the tumulus of that old church, which lies at the rural cemetery, a new Church dedicated to Parascheva was built in 1986. The church was burnt during the 2004 unrest in Kosovo.[2] In 2006 it was desecrated and looted.[3] The church, parish house and the people's refectory are restored, but there is much effort left for the restoration of the interior and to make it available for regular services.[2] The village is part of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.

Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981[4] 1991
Serbs 423 (100%)
Total[5] 449 502 482 473 423 454

References

  1. ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
  2. ^ a b c "Bishop Teodosije serves the Liturgy in Gojbulja and visits Vucitrn". Archived from the original on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-02-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ 1981 Census, Kosovo Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (Preliminary)
  5. ^ "Kosovo censuses 1948–1991". Archived from the original on 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2012-02-16.