Çermenikë

Çermenikë or Çermenika is an upland northeast of Elbasan, in central Albania.

In the Middle Ages, as Tzernikon or Tzernikos (Greek: Τζερνικός/Τζερνικόν), it was an episcopal see of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, as a suffragan see of the Archbishopric of Dyrrhachium.^[1]

In the mid-15th century, the region was ruled by George Arianiti, one of the main leaders of the Albanian resistance to the Ottoman Empire.^[2]

In World War II, the area was a centre of the Albanian Resistance to the German occupation.^[3]

References

1. Elmar Büttner (2007). Erzbischof Leon von Ohrid (1037-1056): Leben und Werk (mit den Texten seiner bisher unedierten asketischen Schrift und seiner drei Briefe an den Papst) (in German). Büttner. p. 21. ISBN 9783000219719.
2. Elsie, Robert (2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.
3. Elsie, Robert (2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 97–98, 102. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.

Coordinates: 41°15′N 20°15′E / 41.25°N 20.25°E