Berkovitsa
Berkovitsa is a town and ski resort in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana Province and is close to the town of Varshets.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Berkovitsa • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Bulgaria • Subdivision Type1 — Province (Oblast) • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Leader Title — Mayor • Postal Code Type — Postal Code • Subdivision Name1 — Montana • Population Total — 13,463 • Population Urban — 18822 • Population As Of — 01.02.2011 • Elevation M — 371 • Postal Code — 3500 • Area Code — 0953 • Leader Name — Radoslav Naydenov
Location and history
Location and history
Berkovitsa is situated on the northern slope of Kom Peak of the Berkovska Stara Planina Mountain along the valley of the Berkovitsa River, which is a tributary to the Barziya River, at an altitude above sea level 405 m. The town was mentioned for the first time in Ottoman documents of 1488. According to the 1831 Ottoman population statistics, 67.5% of the Christians were non-taxpayers in the kaza of Berkofça. It is near the site of an old fortified settlement on the road from Sofia to Lom. The remains of the fortress and a church were discovered on high ground at Kaleto, just to the west of the present-day town. The former settlement was known as early as the reign of King Kaloyan and was mentioned as a border settlement in the period of the Vidin Kingdom. Berkovitsa Glacier, on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, is named for Berkovitsa.
History
History
The region was involved in the Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin (1408 - 1413) and the Chiprovtsi Uprising (1688). At the end of August 1872, Vasil Levski arrived in Berkovitsa, together with the chairman of the Vratsa Revolutionary Committee, Mito Ankov.
Christianity
Christianity
In the late antique fortress Kaleto, located on a hill north of Berkovitsa, a large bishopric complex was built during early Christianity. • Orthodox church of Nativity of Mary
Judaism
Judaism
Until 1947, there was a significant Jewish community in Berkovitsa and there was a functioning synagogue.
Transportation
Transportation
• Illustration — Berkovitsa railway station Berkovitsa has a terminus railway station. It is connected to Montana and has access to the railway connecting Vidin and Vratsa. There are four trains per day.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Twin towns — Sister cities
Berkovitsa is twinned with: • Dzerzhinsky, Russia • Zaječar, Serbia • Dimitrovgrad, Serbia
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Berkovitsa Square • Illustration — Clock tower • Illustration — peak Kom • Illustration — Orthodox Church • Illustration — Town museum • Illustration — House-museum of Ivan Vazov
Notable natives
Notable natives
• Timo Angelov, revolutionary, member of IMARO
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- 1.53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009] webarchive. November 13, 2010.
- 2.Nicoara Beldiceanu, Les actes des premiers sultans conservés dans les manuscrits Turcs de la Bibliothèque Nationale a Paris, II, Paris, La Haye, 1964, p. 218, note 2
- 3.Kemal Karpat (1985), Ottoman Population, 1830-1914, Demographic and Social Characteristics, The University of Wisconsin Press, p. 36
- 4.Дзержинский О городе.
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