Hormovë

Hormovë is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tepelenë.[2]

Hormovë
Village
Hormovë
Coordinates: 40°14′20″N 20°6′4″E
Country Albania
CountyGjirokastër
MunicipalityTepelenë
Municipal unitQendër Tepelenë
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

In 1798 Mehmet Cama from Golem built a Halveti tekke in the village.[3] When the Greek War of Independence broke up (1821) a number of locals formed armed groups and supported the Independence struggle in Peloponnese and Central Greece.[4]

During World War II, the advancing Greek forces managed to enter the village after the Italian retreat, in December 11, 1940.[5]

Notable people

References
  1. "Location of Hormovë". Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6371. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. Hysi, Shyqyri. "Teqeja e Hormovës, dëshmi bashkjetese fetare". Gazeta Tema (in Albanian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1991). Greeks in Russian military service in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 294.
  5. Bertke, Donald A.; Smith, Gordon; Kindell, Don (15 May 2012). World War II Sea War, Volume 3: The Royal Navy is Bloodied in the Mediterranean. Lulu.com. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-937470-01-2. 11 December Greek troops advanced to Palermo Harbour, Albania, and from J. Sipern to Hormove, Albania. Elsewhere, the Italian troops managed to hold their defensive line.
  6. Engonopoulos, Nikos (1962). ΜΠΟΛΙΒΑΡ (in Greek). ΙΚΑΡΟΣ. p. 38. ISBN 9789607233387. Ο Κώστας Λαγουμτζής ή Λαγουμιτζής Χορμοβίτης, από το Χορμοβο της Ηπείρου...
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