Tearce

Tearce (Macedonian: Теарце [ˈtɛ.artsɛ] ⓘ, Albanian: Tearcë) is a village located 12 km to the northeast of Tetovo, in northwestern North Macedonia, about 15 kilometres from the border with Kosovo.

The fields in Tearce were very fertile and had the best wheat in the region, its surrounding forests were rich with fruit and there were 10 mills on the river which produced flour for the entire region, including a small stone bridge which connected the road to Kaçanik.

[3] During World War II the village was under Bulgarian occupation when it was renamed into Peychinovo after one of its most famous residents, the cleric, writer and enlightener Kiril Peychinovich A policy of Turkification of the Albanian population was employed by the Yugoslav authorities in cooperation with the Turkish government, stretching the period of 1948–1959.

Starting in 1948, Turkish schools were opened in areas with large Albanian majorities, such as Tearce.

[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5] Local football club KF Tearca–97 have played in the Macedonian Third League.

The entrance to Tearce
The entrance to Tearce
St. Demetrius church in Tearce
St. Demetrius church in Tearce