Mushtisht

Mushtisht or Mušutište (Serbian Cyrillic: Мушутиште) is a village in the Suhareka municipality in Kosovo. It is located to the west of the Nerodimka mountain. It has 10 medieval Serbian Orthodox churches, including the notable Church of Virgin Hodegetria, which was destroyed in 1999.

Mushtisht Mushtishtë (Albanian) Мушутиште/Mušutište (Serbian)
Village
Church of Virgin Hodegetria before destruction
Mushtisht Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°17′55″N 20°53′20″E
Location	Kosovo
District	Prizren
Municipality	Suhareka
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,394
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The village used to have a mixed Albanian-Serbian population; according to the 1991 census, it had 5016 inhabitants.

The Serbian inhabitants fled the village during the Kosovo war. All their houses were subsequently set on fire and most of their properties usurped. Their return to the village has been actively opposed by an Albanian group.^[2]

History

It was first mentioned in a Serbian charter dating to 1315. In a charter of Emperor Stephen Uroš IV Dušan, dating to 1348, Mušutište, along with the churches of Virgin Hodegetria and St. Symeon (Sv. Simeona), were granted (metochion) to the Saint Archangels Monastery in Prizren. The churches were destroyed in the 1999 conflict.

Demographic history

Ethnic group	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981[3]	1991
Albanians					2980
Serbs					1173
Others					2
Total[4]	2346	2541	2816	3307	4155	5016

Notable people

• Lindon Emërllahu is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays for the Kosovo national team, was born here.