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Vučitrn
Municipality and city
Vučitrn (Вучитрн) Vushtrri (Vushtrria)
Coat of arms
Country	Kosovo
District	District of Kosovska Mitrovica
Area
• Total	435 km (168 sq mi)
Population
• Total	80,644
	As of 1991
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	22000
Area code	+381

Vučitrn or Vushtrri (Template:Lang-sq or Vushtrria; Template:Lang-sr, Vučitrn; Template:Lang-la) is a city and municipality in north-eastern Kosovo. It is the seat of the Mitrovica District. The name of the city means "wolf's thorn", the name of the spiny restharrow plant in Serbian.

Although there is no official data, the total population of the municipality is estimated at 106,000. It is also the home of the Kosovo Police Service training school where from 1999 members of the OSCE trained the new multiethnic police service following the departure of the Serbs in 1999. The staff at the training school were made up of serving and retired police officers from the member states of the OSCE.

Ancient History

Vicianum ("Area of Calves"),is the Roman name of the town.At the end of the first century B.C., Viciana was conquered by the Romans. During this occupation, Viciana developed a considerable economy and a thriving culture. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Viciana was transferred to Byzantine rule. After the Great Schism of the Church in 1054, the majority of Vicianum's population remained Catholic.

During middle ages, Vicianum transferred into town that was formed around Vojinovića Tower, as contemporary chroniclers write. Serbian Emperor Dušan enlarged the fortress.

In the fourteenth century the Ottoman Empire began to expand into the Balkans, with the Ottoman presence in Vučitrn first recorded in 1439, 50 years after the 1389 Battle of Kosovo signaled the entrance of the Ottomans to Kosovo. The establishment of Ottoman administration in Vučitrn spread Islam to the municipality and the construction of mosques, inns, madrassa's and hamams (public baths) followed. Between the 15th-18th Centuries, Vučitrn was one of the largest settlements in the Balkans and it was the center of a very important sandjak (administrative unit) of the Ottoman Empire.

20th Century History

During World War I Vučitrn was occupied by Austria-Hungary and after the war incorporated into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During World War II the city was incorporated into the German zone of occupation. In November 1944, the Yugoslav Communist administration was established.

In March 1989, Serbian state authorities abolished the Constitution of 1974. This eventually led to an armed uprising organized by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and the intervention by NATO forces in March-June 1999. NATO forces entered Vučitrn on 16 June 1999.

Demographics

See also

• Vojinovića Tower
• Vojinovića Bridge
• District of Kosovska Mitrovica
• Stanovci

References

1. Mirjana Detelić: Градови у хришћанској и муслиманској епици, Belgrade, 2004. ISBN 86-7179-039-8

External links

• Official Site of Municipality
• VushtrriaPRESS-News Agency in Vushtrri
• OSCE Profile of Vushtrri / Vučitrn

v t e Municipalities of Kosovo
District of Ferizaj	Ferizaj Hani i Elezit Kaçanik Shtime Štrpce
District of Gjakova	Deçan Gjakova Junik Rahovec
District of Gjilan	Gjilan Kamenica Klokot Parteš Ranilug Viti
District of Mitrovica	Leposavić Mitrovica North Mitrovica Skenderaj Vushtrri Zubin Potok Zvečan
District of Peja	Peja Istog Klina
District of Pristina	Drenas Kosovo Polje Gračanica Obiliq Lipjan Novo Brdo Podujevë Pristina
District of Prizren	Dragash Malisheva Mamusha Prizren Suva Reka

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• Cities, towns and villages in Kosovo