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Ivan Kula

For a fortress, see Ivan kula.

Ivan Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Кула; Albanian: Ivankulla) is a village in the municipality of Kuršumlija, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village had a population of 23 people.[1]

History

In 1878, Serbian ethnologist Milan Milićević recorded local traditions that the inhabitants of Ivan Kula are Albanians who settled after the Battle of Kosovo in the 14th century.[2] The name of the village comes from Ivan Begu. In 1876, the majority of the Albanians in Ivan Kula were Muslims while there existed also an Orthodox and Catholic minority.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga20.p
  2. ^ a b Milan. Đj. Miličević (1884). Kralevina Srbije, Novi Krajevi. Beograd. p. 354.