Azbresnica

Azbresnica is a village situated in Merošina municipality in Serbia.[1]

Azbresnica
Village
Country Serbia
MunicipalityMerošina
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Origin

Azbresnica the old village and was mentioned in the Turkish notebook. Azbresnica name dates back to ancient times. In Toplici there were two BRESNICA, both under Mt. To those somehow separated and differentiated, this BRESNICA under Mali Jastrebac given Az addition, the first letter in the Old Slavic alphabet, to distinguish it as the first in the order of occurrence of the two villages with the same name and the same territory. Above the village are the ruins of an ancient town, which belonged to the protective zone of the old Nis (Naissus). The emperor Justinian restored the seven old and raised 32 new cities and thus provide Nis from the intrusion of other armies. In this city there is the Byzantine and Christian church whose ruins and remains are still standing today. Above the village is known to place Markova beams, and people remember the Virgin cover. Church in Azbresnica existed even before the fighting in Kosovo, but the Turks burned during the first decline in this area. According to some excavation is calculated that the church was about 10 meters long and half as wide. After Akermanske Convention 1826 . year, which came as a result of persistent and successful Russian pressure on a weakened Turkish Porto to facilitate the life of enslaved Serbs, Turks have released the famous Mahmud Han's edict 1830 . the year in which the Serbs were allowed some exemptions for the construction of their temples. Then he rebuilt the church in Azbresnica, but the Turks again burned in 1877 . , during his last withdrawal from these areas. Then the church was again restored. Around the church there is an old cemetery, whose traces are today on the road that passes through this village. On the site of the present church there were fields where these ruins were covered. Only when the farmers around their own fields, they came upon the ruins. The renovated church was of the old and the weak material. They are worn out, and on the order of bishop of Nis Nicanor they closed in 1900. The church doors sealed the meat pop Rista. The new church was built in the period from 1901–1903 with a 35 meter high church bell.

Demographics

In the village Azbresnica there are 682 adult inhabitants, and the average age is 43.2 years (42.1 for men and 44.4 for women). The village has 248 households, and the average number of people per household is 3.44.

This village is largely populated by Serbs (according to the census of 2002).

References

  1. "Institut national d'études démographique (INED)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2011-09-24.

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