General Toshevo
| General Toschewo (Генерал Тошево) | |||||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Dobrich | ||||
| Residents : | 6155 (December 31, 2018) | ||||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 42 ' N , 28 ° 2' E | ||||
| Height : | 230 m | ||||
| Postal code : | 9500 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 05731 | ||||
| License plate : | TX | ||||
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| Mayor : | Dimitar Michajlow | ||||
| Website : | toshevo.org | ||||
General Toschewo [ ɡɛnɛˈraɫ toˈʃɛvo ] ( bulg . Генерал Тошево ) is a city in northeastern Bulgaria . It is located in the Dobruja , in the Dobrich Oblast and is the administrative center of the municipality of General Toschewo.
Until 1942 the place was called Kasamkjoj (bulg. Касъмкьой) or Kasam (bulg. Касъм). Then he was named after General Stefan Toshev (1859-1924), a soldier from the First World War . The town of General Toshhevo received town charter in 1960.
geography
General Toschewo lies 25 km northeast of Dobrich , near the Romanian border.
General Toshewo parish
The municipality of General Toschewo has an area of 986 km² and a population of 20,668 (January 25, 1999). It consists of 42 villages - the largest are Kardam , Spassowo , Krasen , Rossiza , Wasilewo and Preselenzi .
economy
Five kilometers from General Toschewo is the renowned national research institute for grain and sunflowers , which was founded in 1951 and is now about to close. It deals with the breeding of cereals and sunflowers and the development of technologies for growing these crops.
Agriculture - predominantly cereal cultivation - is traditionally the main industry in this area. On the other hand, there are also large forest areas.
In recent years a modest food processing industry has settled in this otherwise agricultural area. Small and medium-sized companies for the production of canned meat, cheese , cooking oil , sausage and the like emerged. a. The are represented weaker mechanical engineering , the wood processing and the production of ceramics .
history
The history of the region is not well researched. There are few archaeological finds, but they suggest an ancient history.
The head of a stone hammer was found near the village of Goriza. It has an opening for a stem and probably dates from the Stone Age / Copper Age - approx. 600 to 400 BC. At the village Spassowo remains of a settlement of the Goths were discovered. Also in the vicinity of Spassowo, next to a large burial mound, a round stone device was discovered, which probably has cultic significance and is Thracian and has to do with their sun cult. There are other finds from the time of the Goths - amphorae with stamps (imprints ???).
A column and other fragments of a monument with Greek inscription and ivory were found near the village of Krasen. Pottery from the Thracian and Roman times was also found. There was probably a Roman settlement here.
In the area of the village of Pereselenzi there is a large Roman fortress. Fragments of a Thracian marble sacrificial slab and a well-preserved bronze statue of Heracles were discovered here.
Some archaeological exhibits are in the museum in Bucharest, as the entire Dobruja was temporarily part of Romania.
Others
In the Oblast Yambol there is also a village named general toshevo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by towns and sex. In: nsi.bg. Republic of Bulgaria - National Statistical Institute (NSI), April 12, 2019, accessed May 5, 2019 .