Βίτζιν, Vidče
End between 19.05.1343 and 30.04.1348
Properties
ID | 120229 |
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System Class | Place |
Place | Settlement Site agridion selište |
Case Study | Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 |
Historical place | Byzantine Empire , Serbian Empire , Kingdom of Serbia |
Administrative unit | Eastern Region / Источен регион , North Macedonia |












Description
The charter, which is mentioning the settlement site Vitьče, is a forged document for the Monastery of Chilandar attributed to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin. It summarises the possessions of Chilandar and confirms earlier donations amongst others in the town of Štip and its surroundings. The document was created in the years 1371 to 1378 during a legal dispute with the Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos based on the existing charter of King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan from the 1330s. The charter is attesting a state of possessions of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Štip, which was built by the Serbian nobleman Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, as they existed in the 1330s. The charter also attests the resettlement of abandoned settlements with people from foreign lands by the Serbian nobleman Hrelja (I prida kraljevьstvo mi selišta zapoustěvьša ōt věka. Ime selištu: Brěstь i Suhogrьlь i Lěskovica i Vitьče). The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1340/1341 confirmed the village Vitьče with hamlet as a property of the Hilandar Monastery (τὸ χωρίον τὸ Βίτζιν μετὰ τοῦ σὺν αὐτῷ ἀγριδίου, καὶ τῆς νομῆς καὶ περιοχῆς αὐτῶν).The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed again the donation of the village Vitьče, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, with hamlet and all boundaries to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I u Lukavici: selo Brěstь, selo Suhogrьlo, selo Lěskovica, selo Vidče/Selo Vidče i sь zaselkomь sь vsěmi megjami I pravinami). Unknown localisation.