Sredorek (region)


Sredorek is a historical and geographical region in northeastern Republic of Macedonia. It includes settlements in the Pčinja river valley, parts of the mountainous regions of Kozjak, German and Rujen, which are today located within the Municipality of Staro Nagoričane. The region is predominantly inhabited by ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Serbs, adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy. In the Middle Ages, the region was part of the župe of Žegligovo and Preševo.
Notable monuments in the region include the Church of St. George,

Geography

The region includes settlements in the Pčinja river valley, parts of the mountainous regions of Kozjak, German, Rujen, which are today located within the Municipality of Staro Nagoričane; roughly from Pčinja and the lower course of the Kriva Reka. The region borders Serbia to the north, and the historical and geographical regions of Slavište and Stracin.

Settlements

In 1354, when Dejan had finished building the Arhiljevica Church of the Holy Mother of God, his endowment, he asked that some of the villages under his administration be granted to the church. According to Stefan Dušan's charter to Arhiljevica dated 10 August 1354, sevastokrator Dejan, whom he called his brother, possessed a large province east of Skopska Crna Gora. It included the old župe of Žegligovo and Preševo. Among the granted villages, still existing today in Sredorek, were: Ruǵince, Dejlovce and Vračevce.
Serbian geographer and sociologist Jovan Cvijić travelled and studied the lands, and included the region of Sredorek. Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević also travelled and studied the lands.