Gotovuša


Gotovuša is a settlement in the Štrpce municipality in Kosovo. It is inhabited by ethnic Serbs, according to the 1991 census, it had 986 inhabitants. The village houses two churches, protected by the Republic of Serbia.

Geography

It is situated in the northeastern part of the Šar Mountains, and in the drainage basin of the Lepenac river.

History

In Medieval Serbia, the župa of Sirinić existed, covering the whole of modern Štrpce municipality, having two cities, Gradište and Zidinac. Several remains of Byzantine forts exist in the region.
Gotovuša is mentioned for the first time in an Ottoman defter of 1455, as a great village with 64 Serb houses, and an Orthodox priest. The Church of Saint Nicholas was built here in the mid-16th-century, and is currently under protection of the Republic of Serbia as part of the Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance, in the Churches of Sirinićka župa-group. The second church in Gotovuša is dedicated to the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos, built in 1557. Above the village, near the old fort of Zidinac, there are remains of several older churches. The village is part of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška and Prizren.
In 1894, the village had 87 houses, all ethnic Serb.
According to data from 1938, the village had the following kin families, with their number of houses, traditions, and history:
Ethnic group194819531961197119811991
Serbs971
Others14
Total697779839906985986

Infrastructure

The settlement is in the territory of a cadastre of 1611 hectares. The village has a primary school, "Рајко Урошевић".

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