Fterra
Encyclopedia
Fterrë is a village in the municipality Lukovë
, Sarandë District
, southern Albania
. It is located in a side valley of the Albanian Riviera
, south of Kurvelesh and 10 km northeast of Borsh
. It is 350 to 400 m above sea level on the western slope of Mt Maja e Lajthisë (1418 m). The mountain slopes are slightly covered by forests. There are numerous karst springs and some caves. Fterrë is located on the old road from Borsh to Vlorë
, leading through the mountains of Kurvelesh. In the summer of 1998 the village had 168 inhabitants, living in 61 houses in three neighborhoods.
of the Albanian sanjak
). At that time, it consisted of twelve – affluent – families. In 1583, the Ottoman Defter mentioned the place as Ifteran with 24 extended families and in later years is listed with 45 extended families.
Since 1916, education in the village school is in Albanian, which was unusual for that time. In 1944 116 families were counted. Since 1997, the magazine Fterra jonë (Our Fterrë) is published in Tirana, reporting on culture and history.
Lukovë
Lukovë is a municipality in the Sarandë District, Vlorë County, southern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Lukovë, Borsh, Fterrë, Çorraj, Piqeras, Sasaj, Qazim Pali, Shënvasil and Nivicë.-Notable people:...
, Sarandë District
Sarandë District
The District of Sarandë is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, found in southern Albania, in the County of Vlorë.The area of the district is 749 square kilometers. The population of the district was 48,474 . According to the census of January 1993, it was 53,700.The centre of the district...
, southern Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
. It is located in a side valley of the Albanian Riviera
Albanian Riviera
Albanian Riviera is a coastal area in the County of Vlorë running along the Ionian Sea under the Ceraunian Mountains in Southern Albania. It should not be confused with the Albanian Coastline as a whole which incorporates both the Riviera and the mostly flat coastline of the north...
, south of Kurvelesh and 10 km northeast of Borsh
Borsh
Borsh is a maritime village, in the Albanian Riviera, in the Lukovë municipality, Sarandë District, Vlorë County, Albania,Borsh borders with Fterra and has a population of 2500 inhabitants. The village is also known as the Pearl of the South....
. It is 350 to 400 m above sea level on the western slope of Mt Maja e Lajthisë (1418 m). The mountain slopes are slightly covered by forests. There are numerous karst springs and some caves. Fterrë is located on the old road from Borsh to Vlorë
Vlorë
Vlorë is one of the biggest towns and the second largest port city of Albania, after Durrës, with a population of about 94,000 . It is the city where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28, 1912...
, leading through the mountains of Kurvelesh. In the summer of 1998 the village had 168 inhabitants, living in 61 houses in three neighborhoods.
History
Fterrë was first mentioned in 1431, in the Sûreti defter-i sancak-i Arvanid (defterDefter
A Defter was a type of tax register in the Ottoman Empire. The information collected could vary, but tahrir defterleri typically included details of villages, dwellings, household heads , ethnicity/religion , and land use.The defter-i hakâni was a land registry, also used for tax...
of the Albanian sanjak
Sanjak
Sanjaks were administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Sanjak, and the variant spellings sandjak, sanjaq, and sinjaq, are English transliterations of the Turkish word sancak, meaning district, banner, or flag...
). At that time, it consisted of twelve – affluent – families. In 1583, the Ottoman Defter mentioned the place as Ifteran with 24 extended families and in later years is listed with 45 extended families.
Since 1916, education in the village school is in Albanian, which was unusual for that time. In 1944 116 families were counted. Since 1997, the magazine Fterra jonë (Our Fterrë) is published in Tirana, reporting on culture and history.
Literature
- Halil İnalcik: Hicrî 835 tarihli Sûret-i defter-i sancak-i Arvanid. (= Türk Tarih Kurumu yayınlarından. 14,1a). Ankara 1987 (Albania, Sandschak Vlora)
- Karl Kaser, Robert Pichler, und Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers (Hrsg.): Die weite Welt und das Dorf. Albanische Emigration am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. In: Zur Kunde Südosteuropas. Albanologische Studien, Band 3. Böhlau Verlag, Wien 2002, ISBN 3-205-99413-2