Country Albania Municipality Malësi e Madhe Time zone CET (UTC+1) | County Shkodër Administrative Unit Gruemirë | |
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Rrash-Kullaj (also known as Kulla të Rrashit and Kulla të Boksit) is a settlement in the former Gruemirë municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe.
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History
"Rrash-Kullaj" is the merger of the villages of Rrash and Kulla. These were mentioned for the first time in a Venetian cadastral document from 1416.
The villages of Rrash and Kulla were inhabited by Serbs–Montenegrins until World War II, and are thus historically part of the Vraka region. In 1933, the following brotherhoods inhabited Rrash (Raš): Roganović (5 houses), Bjelanović-Marković (2 houses), Krstović (2 houses), Uskoković (2 houses), Racković (1 house), Krkotić (1 house), Malisori (Albanians, 2 houses); a total of 13 Vračani (Serb-Montenegrin) houses which have all left the village. The following brotherhoods inhabited Kulla (Kule): Rešetar (6 houses), Bašanović (3 houses), Milogorić (1 house), Malisori (1 house); a total of 13 Vračani houses which have all left the village.