Nerodimë e Epërme (, ) is a village in Ferizaj municipality, in southeastern Republic of Kosovo. The village was first mentioned in the GraÃÂanica charters (1311âÂÂ16) of Serbian King Stefan Milutin.
The settlement lies in the cadastral area of Nerodimë e Epërme which has 1107 hectares.
The village was first mentioned in the GraÃÂanica charters (1311âÂÂ16) of Serbian King Stefan Milutin. Serbian King Stefan DeÃÂanski had one of his royal courts here, in which the DeÃÂani chrysobull was written in 1330. Emperor Stefan Duà ¡an and his son Uroà ¡ V had their court near the fortresses of Gornji and Donji PetriÃÂ.
Stefan Milutin died in 1321, in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Archangels, from where his body was transferred to his endowment, the Banjska monastery. In 1371, the last monarch of the Nemanjiàdynasty, Emperor Uroà ¡ V, also died, in Nerodimlje. In 1705, his body was transferred to the Jazak monastery in Fruà ¡ka Gora (in northern Serbia).
According to the Ottoman defter (tax registry), there was 71 Serbian households and two Orthodox priests. Several church buildings and ruins are located in the village.
The local monastery and church was built in the 14th century, and renovated in 1700. Up until 1975, a giant black pine tree grew above the church, said to have been planted by Stefan Duà ¡an in 1336.
The Monastery of St. Uroà ¡ is situated in a hamlet above the village, and it is said to have been founded by Empress Jelena on the grave of her only son Uroà ¡ V. His remains were transferred to Jazak from this church. There are also ruins of the Church of St. Nicholas and foundations of three churches whose dedication is unknown.
Several ethnic Serbs were abducted from the village during the Kosovo War (1998âÂÂ99). The Church of the Holy Archangels was looted and burnt. Also, all of the Serbian gravestones were desecrated or destroyed.