Village Mavrovi Anovi – Peak Kozha – Village Vrben

Vrben – a village in the Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuše, in the Gorna Reka area, in the vicinity of the city of Gostivar.

Vrben is a mountain village located on the southern slopes of the Vratsa mountain, in the upper catchment area of the Radika river, at an altitude of 1,260 m. The village atar is relatively large and covers an area of 25.6 km2. The village is 29 kilometers away from the city of Gostivar. The village is connected by an asphalt road from Mavrovi Anovi, which continues as a macadam road to the village of Bogdevo. In the 19th century, Vrben was a village in the Rekanska kaza of the Ottoman Empire.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Vrben, like the rest of the villages in the Gorna Reka area, was in an active process of Albanianization. In 1844, the villagers Siljan and Trpo financially supported the publication of the book “Primary Science of Man’s Duties” by Atanasij Ivanov, and in 1852, the villagers supported the publication of the book “Consolation to Sinners” by Kiril Pejčinović. In the village is located the flow-through HPP “Vrben”, which together with HPP “Vrutok” and HPP “Raven” is part of HPP “Mavrovo”. The hydroelectric plant is the most distant of all three on the hydro system.

Source: Wikipedia

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