Frashër | |
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 Museum of Frashëri brothers | |
.svg)  Frashër | |
| Coordinates:40°22′N20°26′E / 40.367°N 20.433°E /40.367; 20.433 | |
| Country |  Albania |
| County | Gjirokastër |
| Municipality | Përmet |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Administrative unit | 387 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Frashër (Albanian:[ˈfɾaʃəɾ];Albaniandefinite form:Frashëri;Aromanian:Farshar) is a village and a former municipality in theGjirokastër County, southernAlbania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipalityPërmet.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 387.[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Frashër, Zavalan, Ogren-Kostrec, Gostivisht, Miçan, Vërçisht, Kreshovë and Soropull.
Frashër is widely regarded as the 'Mecca' of Albania and is known for the disproportionate number of prominent intellectuals it has produced - especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries.[3]
The name of the settlement means 'ash tree' inAlbanian. The wordfrashër (Gheg Albanian:frashën) was borrowed fromVulgar Latin (cf.Latinfraxinus). The settlement was founded after the Roman period of the Albanian language.[4] It is said that the Frashër area was covered with ash forests, which disappeared over time.[5] TheAromanian name of the settlement isFarshar.
The first documented attestation of Frashëri probably comes in the form of an Albanian merchant from Frashër who had traveled toThessaloniki in 1330.[6]
The Frashër area in the Middle Ages was the source of several waves of migrations ofAromanians throughout the southern and centralBalkans.[7] TheAromanian dialect of the area of Frashër is known asfãrsherot,[8] being the dialect of one of the main subgroups of the Aromanians, the Farsherots.[9]
In 1432 the village was documented asFracili in the Ottoman defter of the sanjak ofKorçë-Përmet. The defter documented six households in Frashër at the time. The next defter to document Frashër is that of 1504. The village had 41 households, 40 of whom were Christian. The heads of households from which the majorvëllazëri (brotherhoods) of Frashër would form in the 17th century include Dedë Duka, Dukë Kryeziu, Uk Deda, Gjon Deda, Martin Bardhi, Deskë Gjini, Dedë Gjini, Kozma Shurbi, Kolë Shurbi, Bendo Shurbi, Gjon Gjoni, Llazër Gjoni and others.[5]
In June 1880 theSecond Assembly of Frashër was organised by theLeague of Prizren.[10]
Ottoman Albanianspahis and landowners from nineteenth century Frashër owned estate properties (chiflik) in parts of the Balkans and in particular theThessalian plain, until its loss to Greece in 1881 leading to local economic decline and increasing reliance on agriculture.[11]In 1914 theTekke of Frashër, a 133 year-old Bektashi shrine and a center of Albanian Nationalism in the area, was destroyed by the Greek rebels ofGeorgios Christakis-Zografos,[12][13] but was reconstructed with the contribution ofAlbanian-Americans in 1923.[12]
{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)...and in particular by burning and looting of the Albanian tekkes by Greek extremists during the Balkan War and World War I
Subdivisions ofPërmet municipality | ||
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Municipal seat:Përmet | ||
| Administrative unit ofÇarçovë |  | |
| Administrative unit ofFrashër |
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| Administrative unit ofPërmet | ||
| Administrative unit ofPetran | ||
| Administrative unit ofQendër Piskovë |
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Subdivisions ofGjirokastër County | ||
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County seat:Gjirokastër | ||
| Municipality ofDropull |  | |
| Municipality ofGjirokastër | ||
| Municipality ofKëlcyrë | ||
| Municipality ofLibohovë | ||
| Municipality ofMemaliaj | ||
| Municipality ofPërmet | ||
| Municipality ofTepelenë | ||
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