Kurbnesh

Kurbnesh is a village in the municipality of Mirditë, in Lezhë County, Albania., Kurbnesh had a population of 358 people.

History

Kurbnesh was founded as a mining community sometime in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, mining and copper processing were being established as Mirditë's primary form of economic activity. Mining specialists from East Germany were hired to oversee the development of local mining operations.
In 1976, British traveller Leslie Gardiner wrote noted that Kurbnesh was dimly lit with few street lamps.