Kremna
Кремна
Village
Part of the memorial complex of clairvoyant Tarabići in Kremna
Part of the memorial complex of clairvoyant Tarabići in Kremna
Kremna is located in Serbia
Kremna
Kremna
Coordinates (mountain): 43°50′20″N 19°34′30″E / 43.8389°N 19.5750°E / 43.8389; 19.5750
Country Serbia
Statistical regionŠumadija and Western Serbia
DistrictZlatibor District
MunicipalityUžice
Area
[1]
 • Total65.01 km2 (25.10 sq mi)
Elevation
822 m (2,697 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total665
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone+1

Kremna (Serbian Cyrillic: Кремна) is a village located in the city of Užice, southwestern Serbia. As of 2011 census, the village had a population of 665 inhabitants. Kremna is well known for the prophets Miloš Tarabić and his nephew, Mitar Tarabić.

History

Iron Age artifacts including fibulae, graves and cippi found in Kremna show that the village was inhabited between the 7th-4th century BC.[3] Funeral cippi depicting Roman funeral art of the Phrygian God Attis, suggest Kremna was home to a stonemason workshop between the 2nd-4th century AD.[4]

During the Middle Ages, Kremna was purported to have been home to the summerhouse of the Serbian Nemanjić dynasty. In 1738 during the Russo-Turkish War, Serbian Militia units attacked Ottoman forces stationed in the village, setting fire to the local regional caravanserai.[5] During the 19th century, Kremna was populated by Serbs from the regions of Montenegro and Herzegovina.[6]

Geography

The village is approximately 21 km away from Užice and 182 km from Belgrade. It is 822 metres above sea level. Kremna is near Bioska village, Tara Mountain, Zlatibor, and Mokra Gora.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Насеља општине Ужице" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. ^ Vasić, Rastko (1997). "The early iron age regional groups in the Užice area". Balcanica. 28: 45–62. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Gavrilović Vitas, Nadežda (2021). Ex Asia Et Syria: Oriental Religions in the Roman Central Balkans. United Kingdom: Archaeopress Publishing Limited. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-78969-913-5.
  5. ^ Miličević, Milan (1876). Kneževina Srbija. Beograd: Državna štamparija.
  6. ^ Игњић, Стеван (1961). Ужичка нахија. Београд: Туристичке штампе. p. 75.
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