Koretište
Village in Gjilan, Kosovo
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Koretište (Serbian Cyrillic: Коретиште; erroneously Kuretište, Serbian Cyrillic: Куретиште[2]) or Koretishtë/Koretisht (Albanian definite form: Koretishta/Koretishti), is a village in the municipality of Gjilan in Kosovo. It is inhabited by majority of ethnic Serbs.[3]
History
The village was mentioned as Karanište (Serbian Cyrillic: Караниште) in the Ottoman defter of 1455 of the Vlk Vilayet (Vilayet of Vuk), encompassing most of Vuk Branković's former territory. At that time the village was populated with a priest and 14 households.[4]
On the Austrian map from 1689, it is registered under the name Koretište (Serbian Cyrillic: Коретиште).
