Village Luke – Peak Chupino Brdo – Peak Anishte

Luke – a village in the area of ​​Slavishte, in the Municipality of Kriva Palanka, in the vicinity of the city of Kriva Palanka.

The village is located in the area of ​​Slavishte, in the extreme northern part of the territory of the Municipality of Kriva Palanka, whose atar touches the state border line with Serbia. The village is mountainous and scattered, whose neighborhoods are located at an altitude of 940 to 1,114 meters. It is 17 kilometers away from the town of Kriva Palanka. The village is located in the Luchka Reka valley. Surrounding villages are Podrži Konj, Krstov Dol and Golema Crcoria.

The village was founded at the beginning of the 19th century by three brothers who moved from the village of Lukovo, near Vranje. It is believed that this is the first settlement in this part of Kriva Palanka. In the 19th century, Luke was a village in Krivopalanechka kaza of the Ottoman Empire.

In the atar of the village is the area of ​​Chupino Brdo, which is a three-way between the villages of Luke, Podrzhi Konj and Surlica. Two great battles took place there. The first were between the Serbian and Bulgarian armies in 1913 during the Balkan Wars, and the second between the national liberation units and the Bulgarian army in 1943 during the Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia. There is now a monument to fallen WWII fighters.

Source: Wikipedia

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