how did the croats end up all down in kosovo?

[crazyladybutterfly]

just wondering

[Insuperable]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janjevci

[Lek]

Same way everyone else got there, with a helicopter.

[Lucia]

Their ancestors came from the Republic of Ragusa(Dubrovnik) as merchants.

[Jana]

Many of them migrated to Croatia (Zagreb). They are culturally quite distinct from other Croats.
famous Janjevac (Kosovo Croat origin), Olympic gold medalist in shooting Josip Glasnović

[The Illyrian Warrior]

The Janjevci declare as ethnic Croats, and derive their ethnonym (Janjevci) from their traditional community centre, in Janjevo. It is believed that the community descends from migrating merchants from the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik and its hinterland[1]) who settled the area in the 14th century, when modern-day Kosovo was part of medieval Serbia. The first written mention of Catholics in Janjevo is a letter written by Pope Benedict XI in 1303, mentioning Janjevo as the center of the Catholic parish of St. Nicholas.

They worked in mines as close to their community it were/is an available mine where Saxons used to exploit minerals before, gold, lead, zinc, etc.