Herebel
| Herebel Ербеле | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Herebel | |
| Coordinates: 41°37′11″N 20°28′11″E / 41.61972°N 20.46972°ECoordinates: 41°37′11″N 20°28′11″E / 41.61972°N 20.46972°E | |
| Country |
 Albania |
| County | Dibër County |
| District | Dibër District |
| Municipality | Maqellarë |
| Time zone | Central European Time (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Car Plates | DI |
Herebel (Macedonian: Ербеле, Erbele) is a village in the Maqellarë Municipality of the Dibër District, within Dibër County in northeastern Albania.[1] It is situated on the mountain Dešat, near the border with the Republic of Macedonia
History
The village was first mentioned in 1467 in Ottoman records. In 1583, it was recorded as having 18 Christian and four Muslim residents.[2]
Of all of the local villages during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, while still under the Ottoman Empire, only Herebel and Kërçishti i Sipërm were populated by Bulgarian Exarchists, while the rest were populated by Muslims.[3]
Several members of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps were born in Herebel.[4]
Demographics
The village today is populated by ethnic Macedonians[5] and Macedonian is spoken in the village.[6]
Culture
Herebel is home to two Cultural Monuments of Albania, the Church of the Holy Transfiguration and the Halveti Teqe.
People from Herebel
- Krste Aleksov, member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization[7]
References
- ↑ "GeoNames Fulltextsearch : Herbel". Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "МАКЕДОНСКИ САМОСТРЕЛ" (in Macedonian). Makedonsko Sonce. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ Glasnik na Institutot za nacionalna istorija (in Macedonian) 42. Institut. 1998. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ↑ „Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав“, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр. 251.
- ↑ http://mn.mk/iselenici-region/1802-Vo--Albanija-ima-vkupno-46-sela-so-cisto-etnicko--Makedonsko-naselenie
- ↑ Vidoeski, Božidar. Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik I. Skopje: MANU. 1998.
- ↑ Ristoski, Dušan (1 August 2013). "Кичево,110 години Илинден: Битката кај месноста „Ѓурѓејца“ на 4-ти август 1903 година" (in Macedonian). Kicevo.mk. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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