Dupnitsa
| Dupnitsa (Дупница) | |||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Kyustendil | ||
| Residents : | 31,147 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 16 ' N , 23 ° 7' E | ||
| Height : | 535 m | ||
| Postal code : | 2600 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 0701 | ||
| License plate : | KH | ||
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| Mayor : | Atanas Janew | ||
| Ruling party : | independently | ||
Dupnitsa [ ˈdupnitsɐ ] (also written Dupnitsa , Bulgarian Дупница ) is a city in western Bulgaria on the northwestern foothills of the Rila Mountains , 60 km south of Sofia . Dupnitsa is to Kyustendil the second largest city in the Kyustendil Province. The city is the administrative center of the Dupnitsa municipality.
The rivers Bistritsa , Jerman, Jubrena and Otovitsa flow through the city .
history
The city already existed in ancient times. It used to be known under the names Tobiniza, Doupla and Darbiniza. It has had its current name since the liberation from Ottoman rule in 1878. From 1948 to March 1992 the city was called Stanke Dimitrov (Станке Димитров) after the anti-fascist of the same name, who lived from 1889 to 1944. Between 1949 and 1950 the city had the battle name Marek , after Dimitrov's Marek .
Near the city is the Rasmetanitsa area (Разметаница), where, according to legend, Tsar Samuil killed his brother Aaron. After the liberation from the Ottomans, the Dupnitsa region was a border area and border crossing to the Ottoman Empire.
Since the end of the state socialist era in Bulgaria, organized crime has been able to establish itself in Dupnitsa under the leadership of the former police officers Plamen Galew (Пламен Галев) and Angel Christow, known as the Galevi brothers . The Galevi brothers competed for a seat in the Bulgarian Parliament in 2009 while serving a six-month prison term, including on suspicion of extortion .
Since 2008, Dupniza has given its name to Dupnitsa Point , a headland on Smith Island in Antarctica.
In early December 2010, the Bistritsa and Jerman rivers flooded large parts of the city.
Attractions
In Dupnitsa there is a mosque that was built on the foundations of a church during the Ottoman period. It is one of the oldest mosques in Bulgaria and is now the "House of Art". After the end of Ottoman rule, the minaret was destroyed by the Bulgarians, 99 percent of whom belonged to the Orthodox Church.
An important part of the region's religious heritage is the Rila Monastery , the main entrance of which is named Dupnitsa Gate.
There are three Orthodox churches in the city:
- Sveti Georgi Pobedonosez (Свети Георги Победоносец)
- Sveti Nikola (Свети Никола)
- Pokrov Bogoroditschen (Покров Богородичен).
Above the town is the Sweti Spas chapel (Bulgarian Свети Спас).
sons and daughters of the town
- Todor Samodumow (1878–1957), educator
- Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944), anti-fascist
- Georgi Nadschakow (1896–1981), physicist
- Georgi Kitow (1943–2008), archaeologist and thracologist
- Swetoslaw Malinow (* 1968), member of the EU Parliament
- Mario Kirew (* 1989), football player
Sports
The Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupniza volleyball club, which plays in the 1st Bulgarian volleyball league, is based in Dupnitsa . The local football club is called Marek Dupnitsa .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Diljana Lambreva: The City of Brotherly Galevi . In: "Der Standard" from February 12, 2009.
- ^ Simone Böcker: From jail to parliament. Bulgarian mafia bosses are running for election . In: "Deutschlandfunk" from June 18, 2009
- ^ State of emergency in Dupnitsa (Bulgarian) , Darik Radio , December 4, 2010