Pobeda (Burgas)

Location of Pobeda in the urban area of ​​Burgas

The Kumluka spit with the residential area Pobeda and the industrial zone south from the west. In the foreground the Burgassee and in the background the Black Sea as well as the Strandscha Mountains and on the right the Mandra Lake

Pobeda ( Bulgarian Победа , to German victory) is a smaller residential area in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas .

Pobeda is located on the Kumluka spit in the middle of the south industrial zone. To the east are the port area , the Burgas shipyard and the Black Sea. In the west, the district borders on Lake Burgas with the expressway to Sozopol and Istanbul . The district is separated from the Akaziite district in the north by the southern industrial zone and the southern industrial zone. In the south, Pobeda borders on the Poda nature reserve through the area of ​​the Burgas shipyard .

The quarter is home to the city's former freshwater springs, from which the city was supplied by water carriers until the 19th century. A Thracian settlement existed in this area from the 6th to the 2nd century BC. Served as the emporion (market) of Apollonia Pontica .

The current Pobeda district was created during the industrialization of Burgas. First dock workers and water carriers settled there. Several factories were later set up there. The majority of today's population are Sinti and Roma .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bourgas Shipyards ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 42 ° 29 '  N , 27 ° 27'  E