Velika Hoča

Hoça e Madhe / Hoçë e Madhe ¹
Velika Hoča / Велика Хоча ²

Basic data

State :

Kosovo ³

District :

Gjakova

Municipality :

Rahovec

Coordinates :

42 ° 23 ' N , 20 ° 41' E Coordinates: 42 ° 23 '2 " N , 20 ° 40' 38" E

Height :

462 m above sea level A.

Area :

13.52 km²

Residents :

124 (2011)

Population density :

9 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

+383 (0) 390

License plate :

07

¹ Albanian (indefinite / definite form) ,
² Serbian (Latin / Cyrillic spelling)
³ Kosovo's independence is controversial. Serbia continues to regard the country as a Serbian province.

Church of Saint Nicholas

Velika Hoča ( Serbian - Cyrillic Велика Хоча , Albanian Hoça e Madhe or Hoçë e Madhe ) is a village in the Rahovec municipality in Kosovo .

geography

Velika Hoča is located five kilometers from Rahovec . The village can be reached via the R204 (Krusha e Madhe - Rahovec) and R-117 . To the south are the villages of Brestoc and Hoça e Vogël .

history

The many old Serbian Orthodox churches , some of which date from the 12th century, should be emphasized . The frescoes are well preserved. The village is guarded around the clock by KFOR to protect the Serb minority from Kosovar-Albanian attacks. At Easter 2007, the writer Peter Handke visited the village and presented Mayor Dejan Baljoševic with the 50,000 euros in prize money, which was endowed with the Berlin Heinrich Heine Prize awarded to Handke . Handke processed the experiences during this trip in his book The Cuckoo by Velika Hoča , published in 2009 .

population

The 2011 census recorded 124 inhabitants for Velika Hoča, of which 75 described themselves as Albanians (60.48%) and 49 as Serbs . However, part of the Serbs and Roma in Kosovo boycotted this census. Current estimates assume a population of between 500 and 700 for Velika Hoča.

In 1991, 1186 Serbs were recorded with a population of 1233 or 1288 (continued; the 1991 census was almost entirely boycotted by Albanians).

Population development
census	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2011
Residents	1049	1124	1184	1245	1295	1288	124

religion

In 2011, 75 of the 124 inhabitants professed Islam and 49 as Serbian Orthodox .

politics

In 2012, the Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo passed a law regulating the status of the village of Velika Hoča. The law gives the village a certain degree of autonomy , particularly in relation to the management of its cultural heritage. This also envisages the village council as a permanent institution.

literature

Velika Hoča's cuckoos on the Handkeonline platform

Web links

Commons : Velika Hoča - collection of images

Individual evidence

↑ Eckart Spoo: " With the Serbs in Kosovo - Part III ", in: Neue Rheinische Zeitung , May 23, 2007.
↑ Wolfgang Büscher: " I wanted to be a witness ", in: Die Zeit , April 12, 2007.
↑ Cover text and review overview for Handke's Die Kuckucke by Velika Hoča at perlentaucher.de
↑ Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
^ John Petersen: ECMI: Minority figures in Kosovo census to be used with reservations. In: infoecmi.eu. European Center for Minority Issues , January 8, 2013, accessed April 30, 2018 .
↑ Henrique Schneider: Indifference, Opposition, Identity: Changes in the Political Relationship between Village and State in Kosovo . BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8305-2162-4 , p. 68 ( google.de ).
^ Saskia Drude: One hundred weeks in Kosovo . Karin Fischer Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89514-836-1 , p. 204 ( google.de ).
^ Ethnic composition of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia 1991. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
↑ Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
^ Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
^ Law No. 04 / L-062 - On the village of Hoçë e Madhe / Velika Hoča. (PDF) In: kuvendikosoves.org. Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo , April 20, 2012, accessed May 2, 2018 .

[1] Eckart Spoo: " With the Serbs in Kosovo - Part III ", in: Neue Rheinische Zeitung , May 23, 2007.

[2] Wolfgang Büscher: " I wanted to be a witness ", in: Die Zeit , April 12, 2007.

[3] Cover text and review overview for Handke's Die Kuckucke by Velika Hoča at perlentaucher.de

[4] Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .

[5] John Petersen: ECMI: Minority figures in Kosovo census to be used with reservations. In: infoecmi.eu. European Center for Minority Issues , January 8, 2013, accessed April 30, 2018 .

[6] Henrique Schneider: Indifference, Opposition, Identity: Changes in the Political Relationship between Village and State in Kosovo . BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8305-2162-4 , p. 68 ( google.de ).

[7] Saskia Drude: One hundred weeks in Kosovo . Karin Fischer Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89514-836-1 , p. 204 ( google.de ).

[8] Ethnic composition of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia 1991. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .

[9] Kosovo censuses. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .

[10] Religious composition of Kosovo 2011. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .

[11] Law No. 04 / L-062 - On the village of Hoçë e Madhe / Velika Hoča. (PDF) In: kuvendikosoves.org. Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo , April 20, 2012, accessed May 2, 2018 .