Reçak

Reçak
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
	Source: Climate Data The climatological data are based on the monthly averages from 1982 to 2012

Reçak / Reçaku ¹
Račak / Рачак ²

Basic data

State :

Kosovo ³

Municipality :

Shtime

Coordinates :

42 ° 26 ' N , 21 ° 1' E Coordinates: 42 ° 25 '46 " N , 21 ° 0' 56" E

Residents :

1,638 (2011)

Telephone code :

+383 (0) 29

License plate :

05

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.

Reçak ( Albanian also Reçaku , Serbian Рачак Račak ) is a village in the center of Kosovo and belongs to the municipality of Shtime .

geography

Reçak is a village in central Kosovo, around half a kilometer southwest of the city of Shtime . The village is located on the eastern edge of the Crnoljeva mountain range (also: Carraleva), which runs in a north-south direction . This separates the two flatlands Amselfeld (also: Kosovo or Kosovo-Polje ) and Metochien from each other , crisscrossed by a few connecting roads .

climate

Reçak has a temperate continental climate with an average annual temperature of 10 ° C and an annual total rainfall of almost 800 mm.

Reçak

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	2.4	5.1	10.4	15th	20th	23.7	26.2	26.4	22.8	16.3	8.4	3.7	O	15.1
Min. Temperature (° C)	-4.1	-2.5	0.9	4.6	8.7	11.9	13.5	13.3	10.3	6.1	1.4	-2.4	O	5.2
Temperature (° C)	-0.9	1.3	5.6	9.8	14.3	17.8	19.8	19.8	16.5	11.2	4.9	0.6	O	10.1

Precipitation ( mm )	64	57	59	63	79	60	52	47	58	69	84	76	Σ	768

Source: Climate Data The climatological data are based on the monthly averages from 1982 to 2012

population

development
year	Residents
1948	613
1953	675
1961	865
1971	1092
1981	1464
1991	1766
2011	1638

The 2011 census showed a population of 1638 for Reçak. 1629 of them identified themselves as Albanians , one as Bosniaks and eight people gave no answer regarding their nationality.

religion

In 2011, of the 1631 inhabitants, 1492 professed Islam and seven people gave no answer regarding their beliefs.

Račak massacre

The Račak massacre took place between January 15 and 16, 1999, during the war in Kosovo . At least 40 civilians were shot dead by Yugoslav security forces in the massacre. The leadership of Yugoslavia had declared the victims to be members of the paramilitary organization UÇK , who were killed by the police in a fighting operation with which the police responded to the murder of a police officer by members of the group.

Individual evidence

↑ OSCE: Kosovo / Kosova - As Seen, As Told - An analysis of the human rights findings of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission - October 1998 to June 1999. 1999, ISBN 83-912750-0-0 , p. 353.
↑ Tim Bespyatov: Kosovo census . Retrieved May 28, 2017.
↑ Tim Bespyatov: Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011 . Retrieved May 28, 2017.
↑ Tim Bespyatov: Religious composition of Kosovo 2011 . Retrieved May 28, 2017.
↑ Executive summary on the work of the European Union Forensic Expert Team in Kosovo, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in 1998-2000. ("July 2000") ( Memento from January 7, 2013 on WebCite ) (English). Helsinki, 2000, archived from the unofficial internet version at balkanwitness.glypx.com on January 7, 2013.
↑ Heinz Loquai: The Kosovo Conflict - Ways to an Avoidable War: the period from the end of November 1997 to March 1999. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2000, ISBN 3-7890-6681-8 , pp. 45f., 48–50 , Footnote 59: The OSCE verifiers found 40 dead on the spot, including a woman and a child. William Walker reported 45 deaths, including three women and one child. Joschka Fischer named 45 dead, including women and children, in his letter to Milošević. Human Rights Watch reported 45 deaths, including at least two women, a 12-year-old boy and nine KLA soldiers. Helena Ranta's forensic report examined 40 dead, including one woman, one child is not mentioned.
^ Matthias Rüb: Kosovo - causes and consequences of a war in Europe. DTV, Munich, November 1999, ISBN 3-423-36175-1 , p. 120: "But just two days later one of the worst massacres up to that point and the most terrible bloody act, as it were under the eyes of the OSCE. In Reçak (Serbian Račak), 45 Kosovar Albanians were shot on January 15, including four women and one child. ", P. 189:" January 15, 1999: Near the village of Reçak [...] the Serbian special police shoots them at close range 45 Kosovar Albanians ".
↑ OSCE reports on the "massacre" keep fallen KLA fighters silent - The disappeared dead of Racak ( Memento from January 7, 2013 on WebCite ) . Berliner Zeitung, April 5, 2000, by Bo Adam, archived from the original .
↑ Bloedbad in Racak was een bloedbad ( Memento from January 7, 2013 on WebCite ) , (Dutch). NRC Handelsblad (online), by Petra de Koning, March 10, 2001, archived from the original ; The article describes the incident in Racak as a "bloodbath" in which a total of 45 Albanians, including two women and a child, were killed: "Dat was in November 1999, tien maanden na het bloedbad in Racak waarbij in a total of 45 Albanians are being doodled , or like twee vrouwen en een kind. ", the word" Bloedbad "is used e.g. B. used in the Dutch Wikipedia for the term massacre ( article "Bloedbad" in the Dutch Wikipedia (version from November 4, 2012, 4:36 pm) ).
^ (First) Amended Indictment, Case No. IT-99-37-I ( Memento from January 7, 2013 on WebCite ) (English). ICTY, June 29, 2001, archived from the original : The Hague Tribunal's indictment lists 45 deaths by name, including 2 women and an approximately 13-year-old boy
↑ Judith Armatta: Twilight of Impunity: The War Crimes Trial of Slobodan Milosevic. Duke University Press, 2010, pp. 58f: Armatta writes that the prosecution and defense agree that "at the end of the day 50 Kosovars, including a 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, were dead". The prosecution alleges that 42 of the dead were unarmed civilians

[OSCE1999_S353-1] OSCE: Kosovo / Kosova - As Seen, As Told - An analysis of the human rights findings of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission - October 1998 to June 1999. 1999, ISBN 83-912750-0-0 , p. 353.

[2] Tim Bespyatov: Kosovo census . Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[3] Tim Bespyatov: Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011 . Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[4] Tim Bespyatov: Religious composition of Kosovo 2011 . Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[ExeSum_EUFET2000-5] Executive summary on the work of the European Union Forensic Expert Team in Kosovo, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in 1998-2000. ("July 2000") ( Memento from January 7, 2013 on WebCite ) (English). Helsinki, 2000, archived from the unofficial internet version at balkanwitness.glypx.com on January 7, 2013.

[Loquai2000_S45fu48-50_FN59-6] Heinz Loquai: The Kosovo Conflict - Ways to an Avoidable War: the period from the end of November 1997 to March 1999. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2000, ISBN 3-7890-6681-8 , pp. 45f., 48–50 , Footnote 59: The OSCE verifiers found 40 dead on the spot, including a woman and a child. William Walker reported 45 deaths, including three women and one child. Joschka Fischer named 45 dead, including women and children, in his letter to Milošević. Human Rights Watch reported 45 deaths, including at least two women, a 12-year-old boy and nine KLA soldiers. Helena Ranta's forensic report examined 40 dead, including one woman, one child is not mentioned.

[Rüb1999_S120u189-7] Matthias Rüb: Kosovo - causes and consequences of a war in Europe. DTV, Munich, November 1999, ISBN 3-423-36175-1 , p. 120: "But just two days later one of the worst massacres up to that point and the most terrible bloody act, as it were under the eyes of the OSCE. In Reçak (Serbian Račak), 45 Kosovar Albanians were shot on January 15, including four women and one child. ", P. 189:" January 15, 1999: Near the village of Reçak [...] the Serbian special police shoots them at close range 45 Kosovar Albanians ".

[BZ_05-04-2000-8] OSCE reports on the "massacre" keep fallen KLA fighters silent - The disappeared dead of Racak ( Memento from January 7, 2013 on WebCite ) . Berliner Zeitung, April 5, 2000, by Bo Adam, archived from the original .

[Ranta10-03-2001a-9] Bloedbad in Racak was een bloedbad ( Memento from January 7, 2013 on WebCite ) , (Dutch). NRC Handelsblad (online), by Petra de Koning, March 10, 2001, archived from the original ; The article describes the incident in Racak as a "bloodbath" in which a total of 45 Albanians, including two women and a child, were killed: "Dat was in November 1999, tien maanden na het bloedbad in Racak waarbij in a total of 45 Albanians are being doodled , or like twee vrouwen en een kind. ", the word" Bloedbad "is used e.g. B. used in the Dutch Wikipedia for the term massacre ( article "Bloedbad" in the Dutch Wikipedia (version from November 4, 2012, 4:36 pm) ).

[ICTY_IT-99-37-I-10] (First) Amended Indictment, Case No. IT-99-37-I ( Memento from January 7, 2013 on WebCite ) (English). ICTY, June 29, 2001, archived from the original : The Hague Tribunal's indictment lists 45 deaths by name, including 2 women and an approximately 13-year-old boy

[Armatta2010_S58fa-11] Judith Armatta: Twilight of Impunity: The War Crimes Trial of Slobodan Milosevic. Duke University Press, 2010, pp. 58f: Armatta writes that the prosecution and defense agree that "at the end of the day 50 Kosovars, including a 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, were dead". The prosecution alleges that 42 of the dead were unarmed civilians