Janjevo
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Janjevo Janjeve |
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| Village | |
The main street
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 Janjevo
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| Coordinates: 42°34′26″N 21°14′56″E / 42.57389°N 21.24889°ECoordinates: 42°34′26″N 21°14′56″E / 42.57389°N 21.24889°E | |
| Country |
 Kosovo
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| District | District of Pristina |
| Municipality | Lipljan |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,137 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Janjevo (in Serbian and Croatian) or Janjevë (in Albanian) is a village or small town in the Lipljan municipality in southeastern Kosovo.
The settlement has a long history, having been mentioned for the first time in 1303 as a Catholic parish. The town was prior to the Kosovo War (1998–99) inhabited by a majority of Croats, known by their demonym as Janjevci, who since have left massively for Croatia.
Janjevo is described as a village or small town, located in Lipljan municipality, by Gornja Gušterica and Teče.
Janjevo was first mentioned in 1303. Although only a Catholic parish is mentioned, and no information on mining activity, it is assumed that the Catholic community in fact drew from miners, gathered in such numbers to contitute a parish. Whether these Catholics were Ragusans or Saxons is unknown; with the opening of mines in medieval Serbia, Saxons (Sasi) are mentioned as mining specialists; although they are not mentioned as inhabiting Janjevo, they most likely did, as the settlement Šaškovac located less than 1 km from Janjevo points to. In 1346, the Pope sent a letter to Stefan Dušan regarding churches that belonged to the Diocese of Kotor, in which Janjevo is mentioned.
In the first half of the 15th century, when the area was still part of a Serbian state, a Ragusan colony appeared in Janjevo. At this time, Janjevo, along with Novo Brdo, were the most important mines in Serbia. Out of 15 manholes only two produced qualitative ore. From 1455 a coin mint was active in Janjevo. The local Catholic church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was built in the 15th century. In a tablet dating to 1425, Stephanus Marci, a priest of the Janjevo parish, is mentioned. In 1441, priest Andreas was the head of the Janjevo parish, based in that church. The population of this Catholic parish of Janjevo were mainly members of a Ragusan colony (to which Andreas also belonged). Janjevo most likely fell to the Ottoman Empire after the Ottoman conquest of Novo Brdo (1455).
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