Bishtazhin
Bishtazhin is a village located near Gjakova, Kosovo. It is inhabited exclusively by Albanians.
History
Bishtazhin was mentioned in the Ottoman defter of 1571 and was inhabited by a Christian Albanian population. The village had 45 households. Bishtazhin was formed during the 16th century. Saint Teresa's mother is believed to have hailed from Bishtazhin.During the Yugoslav colonisation of Kosovo, 5 Serbo-Montenegrin colonist families were initially settled in Bishtazhin, and in the locality of Bishtazhin-Lipovec-Smaç, a further 33 Serbo-Montenegrin colonist families with 164 people were settled in the area between the years of 1929-1933. From April 13th-15th of 1941, Serbian chetniks massacred 72 Catholic Albanians in the village. During World War II, Albanians destroyed the Serbian church in the village.