Şəmkir (City)
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| Rayon : | Şəmkir | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 50 ' N , 46 ° 1' E | ||
| Height : | 440 m | ||
| Residents : | 40,000 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | AZT ( UTC + 4 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+994) 2330 | ||
| Postal code : | AZ5700 | ||
| License plate : | 57 | ||
| Community type: | City (şəhər) | ||
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Şəmkir (also Shamkir or Semxir ; until 1938 Annenfeld ) is a city in Azerbaijan .
It is the capital of the Şəmkir district . In 2014, around 40,000 people lived in the city. The Şəmkirçay River flows through the city .
history
Near the city are the ruins of the ancient city and fortress Şəmkir, after which the new city was named. The old city was destroyed by the Mongols. German settlers later founded the city of Annenfeld here. The settlers were expelled in the 1930s by political repression and after Germany's attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, and the city was renamed Şəmkir. Today only Azerbaijanis live in Şəmkir.
City name
The city's original name "Şəmkir" (or Şamxor) is derived from an ancient fortress in the village. It was later named after the establishment of a German settlement in 1818 in honor of the Grand Duchess Anna Pawlowna in Annenfeld (later: Annino). From 1938 it was renamed again in the original old name Şamxor (German: Schamchor) . This name was valid until 1991, after which the city in its current name was confirmed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan on February 7, 1991.
founding
The original Protestant village was founded next to Helenendorf in 1818 by 67 families from Baden-Württemberg . It was devastated and burned down by the Persians in 1826 during the Russo-Persian War . In 1831 the German settlers were relocated to other colonies in Transcaucasia due to severe waves of disease . From 1836 they returned again and rebuilt the village. On February 9, 1916, by order of the regional provincial authorities, it was decided to rename the village "Annino" .
population
As in the surrounding German settlements in Transcaucasia at the time, the population consisted mainly of German residents from the Kingdom of Württemberg . From 1935 (and increasingly from October 15, 1941), the German residents of the urban settlement were expelled from Transcaucasia on the basis of the decisions of the Soviet Interior Ministry and deported to the east.
| year | 1818 | 1836 | 1843 | 1859 | 1869 | 1886 | 1897 | 1907 | 1913 | 1918 | 1921 | 1923 | 1926 |
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| Residents | 277 | 185 | 183 | 193 | 199 |
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751 | 780 | 875 | 956 |
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Culture
There is a historical museum, mosque and cinema in the city.
An annual world-class chess tournament has been held since 2014 in honor of the late player Vüqar Həşimov .
German Lutheran Church in Annenfeld 2016
German architecture in Annenfeld 2016
military
There is a garrison in Şəmkir . Units of the Azerbaijani army are stationed there.
traffic
The city is connected to the national bus network.
Two stations on the Poti – Baku railway line , which is operated by the Azerbaijani Railway , are located in the city, Dəllər (Doldar) and Şəmkir .
Web links
Pictures from today's Annenfeld
German Lutheran Church in Shamkir
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by sex, economic and administrative regions, urban settlements of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 2014 ( Memento from July 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan)
- ↑ a b c azerb.com about city and rayon
- ↑ http://e-qanun.az/framework/10264 (aserb.)
- ↑ С. Зейналова. Немцы на Кавказе. Баку. 2008. Стр. 85 (Russian) - (Zeynalova, Germans in the Caucasus, Baku. 2008. p.85)