Lüleburgaz (City)
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| Province (il) : | Kırklareli | |||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 24 ' N , 27 ° 21' E | |||
| Height : | 30 m | |||
| Residents : | 148,037 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 288 | |||
| Postal code : | 39 750 | |||
| License plate : | 39 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 23 Mahalle | |||
| Mayor : | Dr. Murat Gerenli ( CHP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Özerler Mah, Hal Sok No: 1 39750 Lüleburgaz / Kırklareli |
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Lüleburgaz ( Bergula , Greek Arkadiupolis , Bulgarian Люлебургас / Ljuleburgas , Latin Arcadiopolis ) is a city in Turkey .
geography
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The city is the capital of the Lüleburgaz district of the same name in the Kırklareli province . The city is located about 40 km south of the provincial capital Kırklareli .
history
Arkadiopolis was 823 the last place of retreat for the Byzantine counter-emperor Thomas . The siege of the city by Byzantines and Bulgarians ended in October 823 with Thomas' extradition to Emperor Michael .
The site was the site of the historic Battle of Arcadiopolis in 970 AD, in which the Byzantines fought off a Bulgarian invasion. There is also a battlefield from Hunnic times. During the First Balkan War , Bulgarian troops won a victory over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lüleburgaz in 1912 .
The city was famous for its tobacco pipe production , to which it owes its name ( lüle means the mouthpiece of the pipe in Turkish).
Attractions
In the city there are some buildings by the architect Sinan .
In the surroundings of Lüleburgaz and Kırklareli there are archaeological sites, e.g. B. burial mounds , dolmens and menhirs .
traffic
The city is on the O-3 ( E80 ) motorway and the D100 ( E87 ) and D565 highways.
The city's train station is on the Istanbul Sirkeci – Swilengrad railway line .
sons and daughters of the town
- Ahmet Özacar (1937-2005), Turkish football player
Trivia
Because Lüleburgaz is one of the few places in Turkey that starts with an L. The L is rarely at the beginning of the word in Turkish.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lüleburgaz Nüfusu - Kırklareli. In: Nufusu.com. Retrieved August 20, 2019 (Turkish).
- ^ Helga Köpstein : Thomas: Rebel and Gegenkaiser in Byzanz . In: Illustrated historical notebooks . tape 39 . Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1986, p. 44 .