Kozani

Kozani municipality
Δήμος Κοζάνης (Κοζάνη)

Basic data

State :

Greece

Region :

Western Macedonia

Regional District :

Kozani

Geographic coordinates :

40 ° 19 ′ N , 21 ° 48 ′ E Coordinates: 40 ° 19 ′ N , 21 ° 48 ′ E

Area :

732.2 km²

Residents :

71,388 (2011)

Population density :

97.5 inhabitants / km²

Post Code:

50100

Prefix:

(+30) 24610

Community logo:

Seat:

Kozani

LAU-1 code no .:

1401

Districts :

5 municipal districts

Local self-government :

3 city districts
49 local communities

Website:

www.kozanh.gr

Location in the West Macedonia region

Kozani ( Greek Κοζάνη ( f. Sg. )) Is a town and municipality in northern Greece . It is the capital of the Western Macedonia region .

history

Kozani was founded by Christian settlers after the Turkish rulers of the Macedonian plains withdrew to the mountains. The safe location of the city soon attracted other Christians who had been driven out of Epirus. During the 17th and 18th centuries, trade with countries in Central Europe gave the city the opportunity to develop economically.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Englishman William Martin Leake Kozani toured . He described the city as a collection of 600 to 700 houses as well as a good bazaar and market, which was held every Saturday and visited by both the Ottoman (Turkish) and the Greek population. Leake further reported that Kozani had close trade relations with Germany and Hungary before his stay; Correspondingly wealthy merchants would have had their residence in Kozani. In addition, Kozani would be the more frequent residence of the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Kozani and Servia.

During World War II , Kozani was occupied by the Wehrmacht on April 12, 1941 and remained under German occupation until October 28, 1944, the day of the German withdrawal. During the German occupation, the Bishop of Kozani (and Servia) in particular was a promoter of the Greek resistance against the German occupation forces. Kozani was also the seat of the small Greek resistance organization EKA (Ethniki Kinoniki Amyna).

On May 13, 1995, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale struck the city and municipality of Kozani.

Population, administration, politics

population

Kozani had a small Jewish community in the early 20th century. The Turkish part of the population, which had settled in Kozani and the surrounding region during the Ottoman occupation from the 14th century, had to leave Kozani and the surrounding region, especially after the Greco-Turkish war . In 1922, 13 Muslim persons were registered in Thessaloniki who were brought to Turkey from the Kozani region or who fled; In 1923 there were 26,610 people. In 1926 all Turkish residents had left Kozani and its region.

The clock tower "Mamatsios" in the center of the city of Kozani

Valtadoreio High School

The seat of the prefecture administration in Kozani

Villa Lassani in Kozani

Museum in Kozani

administration

Kozani was recognized as a township (dimos) in 1918 . As part of the Greek local government reform in 1997, numerous settlements, communities and localities were incorporated into Kozani. With the administrative reform of 2010 , Kozani was again expanded to include four neighboring communities, which almost doubled the area. The former municipalities from 1997 now form municipal districts, the municipalities from before 1997 municipal districts or local communities that elect their own local representatives. The population figures come from the results of the 2011 census.

Municipality of Dimitrios Ypsilandis - Δημοτική Ενότητα Δημητρίου Υψηλάντη - 2,335 inhabitants
- Local community Livera - Τοπική Κοινότητα Λιβερών (Λιβερά) - 29 inhabitants
- Local community Mavrodendri - Τοπική Κοινότητα Μαυροδενδρίου (Μαυροδένδρι) - 1,059 inhabitants
- Local community Pondokomi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Ποντοκώμης (Ποντοκώμη) - 1,116 inhabitants
- Local community Sideras - Τοπική Κοινότητα Σιδερά - 131 inhabitants
  - Ktenas - Κτενάς - uninhabited
  - Sideras - Σιδεράς - 131 inhabitants

Eani municipality - Δημοτική Ενότητα Αιανής - 3,429 inhabitants
- Eani district - Δημοτική Κοινότητα Αιανής (Αιανή) - 2,006 inhabitants
- Local community Agia Paraskevi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίας Παρασκευής (Αγία Παρασκευή) - 637 inhabitants
- Local community Chromio - Τοπική Κοινότητα Χρωμίου (Χρώμιο) - 92 inhabitants
- Local community Kerasea - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κερασέα (Κερασέα) - 165 inhabitants
- Local community Kteni - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κτενίου (Κτένι) - 73 inhabitants
- Local community Rodiani - Τοπική Κοινότητα Ροδιανής (Ροδιανή) - 295 inhabitants
- Local community Rymni - Τοπική Κοινότητα Ρυμνίου (Ρύμνι) - 161 inhabitants

Elimia municipality - Δημοτική Ενότητα Ελιμείας - 5,910 inhabitants
- District of Krokos - Δημοτική Κοινότητα Κρόκου (Κρόκος) - 2,977 inhabitants
- Local community Amygdalea - Τοπική Κοινότητα Αμυγδαλέας - 66 inhabitants
  - Amygdalea - Αμυγδαλέα - 13 inhabitants
  - Anatoli - Ανατολή - 26 inhabitants
  - Stavroti - Σταυρωτή - 27 inhabitants
- Local community Ano Komi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Άνω Κώμης (Άνω Κώμη) - 1,436 inhabitants
- Local community Kato Komi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κάτω Κώμης (Κάτω Κώμη) - 288 inhabitants
- Local community Kesaria - Τοπική Κοινότητα Καισάρειας - 744 inhabitants
  - Kesaria - Καισάρεια - 615 inhabitants
  - Kipos - Κήπος - 129 inhabitants
- Local community Kondovouni - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κοντοβουνίου - 116 inhabitants
  - Kondovouni - Κοντοβούνι - 45 inhabitants
  - Pyrgos - Πύργος - 71 inhabitants
- Local community Milea - Τοπική Κοινότητα Μηλέα (Μηλέα) - 173 inhabitants
- Local community Sparto - Τοπική Κοινότητα Σπάρτου (Σπάρτο) - 110 inhabitants

District of Ellispondos - Δημοτική Ενότητα Ελλησπόντου - 5,834 inhabitants
- Local community Kilas - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κοιλάδος - 662 inhabitants
  - Kilas - Κοιλάς - 296 inhabitants
  - Thymaria - Θυμαριά - 274 inhabitants
  - Kremasti - Κρεμαστή - 92 inhabitants
- Local community Agios Dimitrios - Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Δημητρίου - 831 inhabitants
  - Agios Dimitrios - Άγιος Δημήτριος - 830 inhabitants
  - Agio Pnevma - Άγιο Πνεύμα - 1 inhabitant
- Local community Agios Charalambos - Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Χαραλάμπους (Άγιος Χαράλαμπος) - 144 inhabitants
- Local community Akrini - Τοπική Κοινότητα Ακρινής - 975 inhabitants
  - Akrini - Ακρινή - 960 inhabitants
  - Profitis Ilias - Προφήτης Ηλίας - 15 inhabitants
- Local community Avgi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Αυγής (Αυγή) - 20 inhabitants
- Local community Drepano - Τοπική Κοινότητα Δρεπάνου 1,302 inhabitants
  - Drepano - Δρέπανο - 1,287 inhabitants
  - Galani - Γαλάνι - 15 inhabitants
- Local community Kapnochori - Τοπική Κοινότητα Καπνοχωρίου 331 inhabitants
  - Anatoliko - Ανατολικό - 28 inhabitants
  - Kapnochori Καπνοχώρι - 301 inhabitants
  - Skafi - Σκάφη - 2 inhabitants
- Local community Klitos - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κλείτου - 408 inhabitants
  - Klitos - Κλείτος - 1 inhabitant
  - Neos Klitos - Νέος Κλείτος - 407 inhabitants
- Local community Polymylos - Τοπική Κοινότητα Πολυμύλου - 436 inhabitants
  - Agia Paraskevi - Αγία Παρασκευή - uninhabited
  - Agii Theodori - Άγιοι Θεόδωροι - 18 inhabitants
  - Levendis - Λεβέντης - 7 inhabitants
  - Polymylos - Πολύμυλος - 408 inhabitants
  - Zoodochos Pigi - Ζωοδόχος Πηγή - 3 inhabitants
- Local community Ryakio - Τοπική Κοινότητα Ρυακίου (Ρυάκιο) - 285 inhabitants
- Local community Tetralofo - Τοπική Κοινότητα Τετραλόφου (Τετράλοφο) - 320 inhabitants
- Local community Voskochori - Τοπική Κοινότητα Βοσκοχωρίου (Βοσκοχώρι) - 120 inhabitants

Kozani Municipality - Δημοτική Ενότητα Κοζάνης - 53,880 inhabitants
- Kozani district - Δημοτική Κοινότητα Κοζάνης - 35,942 inhabitants
  - Agia Kyriaki - Αγία Κυριακή - 61 inhabitants
  - Girokomio - Γηροκομείο - 133 inhabitants
  - Kozani - Κοζάνη - 41,066 inhabitants
  - Analipsi Monastery - Ιερά Μονή Αναλήψεως - 217 inhabitants
  - Spinari - Σπινάρη - 305 inhabitants
  - ZEP (Zoni Energou Poleodromias) - Ζ.Ε.Π. (Ζώνη Ενεργού Πολεοδομίας) - 822 inhabitants
- Local community Alonakia - Τοπική Κοινότητα Αλωνακίων (Αλωνάκια) - 368 inhabitants
- Local community Anthotopos - Τοπική Κοινότητα Ανθοτόπου - 153 inhabitants
  - Anthotopos - Ανθότοπος - 114 inhabitants
  - Kipario - Κηπάριο - 39 inhabitants
- Local community Agrilos - Τοπική Κοινότητα Αργίλου (Άργιλος) - 379 inhabitants
- Local community Charavgi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Χαραυγής - 1,300 inhabitants
  - Charavgi - Χαραυγή - 6 inhabitants
  - Nea Charavgi - Νέα Χαραυγή - 1,294 inhabitants
- Local community Exochi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Εξοχής - (Εξοχή) - 114 inhabitants
- Local community Inoi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Οινόης (Οινόη) - 111 inhabitants
- Local community Kalamia - Τοπική Κοινότητα Καλαμιάς - (Καλαμιά) - 180 inhabitants
- Local community Karyditsa - Τοπική Κοινότητα Καρυδίτσας - (Καρυδίτσα) - 904 inhabitants
- Local community Kila - Τοπική Κοινότητα Κοίλων - 1,643 inhabitants
  - Kila - Κοίλα - 1,115 inhabitants
  - Melissia - Μελίσσια - 26 inhabitants
  - Nea Kardia - Νέα Καρδιά - 502 inhabitants
- Local community Lefkovrysi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Λευκόβρυσης (Λευκόβρυση) - 1,208 inhabitants
- Local community Lefkopygi - Τοπική Κοινότητα Λευκοπηγής (Λευκοπηγή) - 1,161 inhabitants
- Local community Avgeri - Τοπική Κοινότητα Λυγερής (Λυγερή) - 118 inhabitants
- Local community Metamorfosis - Τοπική Κοινότητα Μεταμορφώσεως (Μεταμόρφωσις) - 346 inhabitants
- Local community Nea Nikopolis - Τοπική Κοινότητα Νέας Νικόπολης (Νέα Νικόπολις) - 185 inhabitants
- Local community Petrana - Τοπική Κοινότητα Πετρανών - 696 inhabitants
  - Airport - Αεροδρόμιο - 10 inhabitants
  - Petrana - Πετρανά - 682 inhabitants
  - Tselikas - Τσέλικας - 4 inhabitants
- Local community Protochori - Τοπική Κοινότητα Πρωτοχωρίου (Πρωτοχώρι) - 830 inhabitants
- Local community Ptelea - Τοπική Κοινότητα Πτελέας (Πτελέα) - 165 inhabitants
- Local community Skiti - Τοπική Κοινότητα Σκήτης - 289 inhabitants
  - Skiti - Σκήτη - 277 inhabitants
  - Kokkinaras - Κοκκιναράς - 12 inhabitants
- Local community Vatero - Τοπική Κοινότητα Βατερού - (Βατερό) - 738 inhabitants
- Local community Xirolimni - Τοπική Κοινότητα Ξηρολίμνης - (Ξηρολίμνη) - 388 inhabitants

politics

In the local elections in 2010, Lazaros Maloutas was able to prevail with a list of supporters of the parties PASOK and Democratic Left in the runoff election with 56.56% of the vote, whereby he was elected mayor; his electoral alliance won 25 seats in the municipal council. The Nea Dimokratia list had twelve seats and the KKE list two seats. An alliance of the Greens and SYRIZA won a seat; also one seat went to the alliance Dimos Kozanis - Dimos anichtos.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

economy

This area is known as the growing area of the most expensive spice in the world, red saffron . The cultivation was introduced in the time of the Ottoman Empire and is still maintained today. Grain and wine were also grown in Kozani. Both saffron and, in particular, grain were brought to Germany and Hungary by land; Accordingly, trade with merchants and their families who had become wealthy developed as early as the 17th century. At the time of William Martin Leake's visit in the early 18th century, trade in Kozani went through a depression; the price of saffron fell from 80 piastres per oka to 40 to 50.

Alfa , an international company in the convenience food sector, has its headquarters in Kozani.

According to WWF, the Agios Dimitrios and Kardia power plants in the region were the power plants with the highest emissions of carbon dioxide per generated kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in Europe in 2007.

Infrastructure

The city and municipality of Kozani are the seat of the University of Western Macedonia. A technical university (TEI) is also located in Kozani.

traffic

Kozani is an important crossroads of traffic routes in Western Macedonia. The most important mode of transport in private, commercial and public transport is the road. From north to south the national road 3 (European route 65) leads from Florina and Ptolemaida via Kozani to Servia , Elassona and then Larisa in Thessaly . This north-south axis serves traffic to Florina, Kastoria and Macedonia. From the west reaches the national road 20 (European route 90) from Ioannina via Konitsa and Siatista and ensures a connection to Epirus. To the east, the national road 4 leads from Kozani via Veria and Alexandria to Chalkidona in the prefecture of Thessaloniki and then to Thessaloniki itself. Up until the beginning of the 21st century, all these roads were two-lane roads and heavily burdened with the increasing traffic since the 1990s. National road 3 has meanwhile been extensively re-routed and expanded to the north; this road was also partially rebuilt to the south as far as Lake Polyfytos. The national roads 4 and 20, however, remained unchanged, but were relieved by a new west-east motorway, the motorway 2 (Egnatia Odos). Motorway 2 runs in the west via Siatista, Grevena and Metsovo to Ioannina and Igoumenitsa. To the east, the Autobahn 2 leads past the southern slope of the Vermio Mountains to Veria and then to Thessaloniki, Evzoni , Kavala , Chalkidiki and Alexandroupoli . The extensive road connections are used by intercity buses to Florina, Amyndeo , Thessaloniki, Ptolemaida, Veria and Ioannina.

Kozani has a railway connection. A branch of the Thessaloniki – Edessa – Florina line leads from Amyndeo via Ptolemaida to Kozani and ends there. There are three daily connections to Thessaloniki without having to change trains. There are two daily connections to Athens; however, travelers have to change trains at Platy train station.

Kozani Airport

Kozani Airport, also known as "Filippos Airport" ( IATA : KZI , ICAO : LGKZ ) is located 4 kilometers southwest of the city of Kozani and was opened in 1950. The asphalt runway with an orientation of 14/32 is 1,822 m long and 30 m wide. The airport is at an altitude of 628 m (2,059 ft) above sea level . 40.286111 21.840833

Personalities and sights

Personalities

Michalis Papakonstantinou (1919-2010) was a Greek politician. He held several ministerial posts under Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis . In 1992/93 he was Greek Foreign Minister.
Ioannis Amanatidis (* 1981), Greek soccer player from Eintracht Frankfurt
Georg von Karajan (actually Georgios Karajannis), cotton merchant, emigrated to Vienna in 1767, ennobled in Dresden in 1792, progenitor of the von Karajan family and great-great-grandfather of Herbert von Karajan .
Evripidis Bakirtzis (1895–1947), politician
Anna Diamantopoulou (* 1959), politician, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities in the Prodi Commission .

Attractions

Architecture: the Mamatsios clock tower (Mamatsios), folklore museum, villas of "Georgios Lassanis" and "Grigorios Vourkas"
Library: Founded in 1668 and the second largest public library in Greece with 150,000 books
Agios Nikolaos Church: built in 1664
Archaeological Museum
Museum of local contemporary history
Folklore Museum

Town twinning

Romania Iași , Romania
United States Bristol , Connecticut, USA

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB).
↑ William Martin Leake. Travels in Northern Greece. Volume 3. J. Rodwell, 1835. p. 299.
↑ John Melior Stevens, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, Lars Baerentzen. British Reports on Greece, 1943-1944. Museum Tusculanum Press, 1982. p. 109. ISBN 87-88073-20-3 .
↑ John Melior Stevens, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, Lars Baerentzen. British Reports on Greece, 1943-1944. Museum Tusculanum Press, 1982. p. 33. ISBN 87-88073-20-3 .
↑ John Melior Stevens, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, Lars Baerentzen. British Reports on Greece, 1943-1944. Museum Tusculanum Press, 1982. p. 162. ISBN 87-88073-20-3 .
↑ G. Drakatos, D. Papanastassiou, G. Papadopoulos, H. Skafida, G. Stavrakakis. Relationship between the 13 May 1995 Kozani-Grevena (NW Greece) earthquake and the Polyfyto artificial lake. Engineering Geology 51, 1998: 65-74.
↑ Elizabeth Kontogiorgi. Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees 1922–1930. Oxford University Press, 2006. p. 23. ISBN 0-19-927896-2 .
↑ Elizabeth Kontogiorgi. Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees 1922–1930. Oxford University Press, 2006. p. 199. ISBN 0-19-927896-2 .
↑ Elizabeth Kontogiorgi. Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees 1922–1930. Oxford University Press, 2006. p. 200. ISBN 0-19-927896-2 .
^ Election results on the website of the Greek Ministry of the Interior .
^ Giannis S. Koliopoulos, John S. Koliopoulos. Plundered Loyalties: Axis Occupation and Civil Strife in Greek West. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1999. pp. 5 ff. ISBN 1-85065-381-X .
↑ William Martin Leake. Travels in Northern Greece. Volume 3. J. Rodwell, 1835. p. 329.
↑ William Martin Leake. Travels in Northern Greece. Volume 3. J. Rodwell, 1835. p. 302.
↑ http://www.alfapastry.com/de/content/einrihtungen-0
↑ WWF: Dirty Thirty 2007 - Ranking of the most polluting power stations in Europe (PDF; 1.1 MB).
^ Filippos Airport. In: airportguide.com. Accessed February 2, 2020 .

[VZ2011-1] Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB).

[WML-TRAVNORGRE-03-0299-2] William Martin Leake. Travels in Northern Greece. Volume 3. J. Rodwell, 1835. p. 299.

[JMSTEV-BRITREPGRE-19431944-109-3] John Melior Stevens, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, Lars Baerentzen. British Reports on Greece, 1943-1944. Museum Tusculanum Press, 1982. p. 109. ISBN 87-88073-20-3 .

[JMSTEV-BRITREPGRE-19431944-033-4] John Melior Stevens, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, Lars Baerentzen. British Reports on Greece, 1943-1944. Museum Tusculanum Press, 1982. p. 33. ISBN 87-88073-20-3 .

[JMSTEV-BRITREPGRE-19431944-162-5] John Melior Stevens, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, Lars Baerentzen. British Reports on Greece, 1943-1944. Museum Tusculanum Press, 1982. p. 162. ISBN 87-88073-20-3 .

[GDRAK-ERDBEBGREV-ENGGEO-6] G. Drakatos, D. Papanastassiou, G. Papadopoulos, H. Skafida, G. Stavrakakis. Relationship between the 13 May 1995 Kozani-Grevena (NW Greece) earthquake and the Polyfyto artificial lake. Engineering Geology 51, 1998: 65-74.

[ELIKON-POPEXCMACGRE-023-7] Elizabeth Kontogiorgi. Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees 1922–1930. Oxford University Press, 2006. p. 23. ISBN 0-19-927896-2 .

[ELIKON-POPEXCMACGRE-199-8] Elizabeth Kontogiorgi. Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees 1922–1930. Oxford University Press, 2006. p. 199. ISBN 0-19-927896-2 .

[ELIKON-POPEXCMACGRE-200-9] Elizabeth Kontogiorgi. Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees 1922–1930. Oxford University Press, 2006. p. 200. ISBN 0-19-927896-2 .

[10] Election results on the website of the Greek Ministry of the Interior .

[GIAKOL-AXISOCCGRE-005-11] Giannis S. Koliopoulos, John S. Koliopoulos. Plundered Loyalties: Axis Occupation and Civil Strife in Greek West. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1999. pp. 5 ff. ISBN 1-85065-381-X .

[WML-TRAVNORGRE-03-329-12] William Martin Leake. Travels in Northern Greece. Volume 3. J. Rodwell, 1835. p. 329.

[WML-TRAVNORGRE-03-0302-13] William Martin Leake. Travels in Northern Greece. Volume 3. J. Rodwell, 1835. p. 302.

[14] ttp://www.alfapastry.com/de/content/einrihtungen-0

[15] WWF: Dirty Thirty 2007 - Ranking of the most polluting power stations in Europe (PDF; 1.1 MB).

[16] Filippos Airport. In: airportguide.com. Accessed February 2, 2020 .