Haskovo

Haskovo (Хасково)
Basic data
State :	Bulgaria
Oblast :	Haskovo
Residents :	72,336  (December 31, 2016)
Area :	25.555 km²
Population density	2,830.6 inhabitants / km²
Coordinates :	41 ° 56 '  N , 25 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 56 '0 "  N , 25 ° 34' 0"  E
Height :	196 m
Postal code :	6300
Telephone code :	(+359) 038
License plate :	X
administration
Mayor :	Stanislav Detschew
Website :	www.haskovo.bg
Downtown

Haskovo [ xaskovo ] ( Bulgarian Хасково , Turkish Hasköy ) is a city in Bulgaria , situated in a hilly valley. The city is considered a road traffic junction and is the administrative seat of the Haskovo Oblast of the same name .

location

Chaskowo (here: Khaskovo) with the neighboring towns of Asenovgrad , Kazanlak , Stara Sagora , Nowa Sagora , Tschirpan , Dimitrovgrad , Charmanli , Swilengrad , Elchowo , Orestias , Podkowa , Momchilgrad , Kardzhali , Madan .

history

Settlements in this region were made by Thracian tribes in the late Bronze Age. The Thracian tomb of Alexandrovo dates from this time . Archaeological excavations reveal the remains of fortified settlements from the 5th century BC. Plovdiv , 64 km away, was the capital of the Thracians . In the 1st century the region was under the control of the Roman Empire , at the end of the 4th century the Byzantine Empire . In the 8th century, the region was conquered by the first Bulgarian empire and the city of Haskovo was built, which had a fortification function and at the same time was supposed to secure the main road that ran through the area.

Cityscape

town hall

The center of the city is designed as a pedestrian zone with numerous shops, there is an open-air stage in the city.

Sights are:

• the historical museum
• a statue of the Virgin Mary , considered to be the tallest in Europe
• a mosque from 1395 (the oldest in Bulgaria)
• Monuments to Petko Wojwoda , among others , a campaigner of Garibaldi
• the church of Sv. Archangel with carved iconostasis and frescoes
• the city theater

There are mineral baths in the vicinity of the city, in which the Winiwarter-Buerger disease is treated. The Kenana Nature Park is nearby.

traffic

The Haskovo Malevo Airport has adjusted its service. The Plovdiv Airport is located 75 km to the west.

The Haskovo central bus station is accessible by bus connections from Plovdiv, Sofia and Burgas.

education

Next to the

• Branch institute of the University of National and World Economy (UNWE)
• Branch institute of the Trak University of Stara Sagora
• Chasten Collage (College of Computer Science, Tourism and Business Administration) in Haskowo

Chaskovo also has one

• German-speaking grammar school of the DSD and a
• Russian high school.

sons and daughters of the town

• Assen Slatarow (1885–1936), food chemist
• Wassil Boschinow (1888–1966), composer
• Asparuch “Ari” Leschnikow (1897–1978), singer, tenor of the Berlin Ensemble Comedian Harmonists
• Georgi Cherkelov (1930–2012), actor
• Dimiter Inkiow (1932-2006), children's book author
• Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır (* 1946), Turkish politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State in the Gül cabinet
• Grigor Dimitrov (* 1991), tennis player
• Gabriela Petrowa (* 1992), triple jumper

Town twinning

Haskovo has twinned cities with six cities:

city	country	since
Châtillon-sur-Indre	Center-Val de Loire, France	2012
Edirne	Turkey	2009
Enguera	Valencia, Spain	2008
Leicester	/ England, United Kingdom	2005
Shatura	Moscow, Russia	2008
Wieden, Vienna	Austria	2009
Viseu	Região Centro, Portugal	2008

Others

The city has given its name to Haskovo Cove , a bay on Greenwich Island in Antarctica , since 2005 .

Web links

Commons : Haskovo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulrike Peter: Stephanos nomismatikos: Edith Schönert-Geiss on the 65th birthday . De Gruyter, December 11, 2014, ISBN 978-3-05-007525-9 , p. 572–.
2. ↑ Edgar Stötzer: Between Orpheus & Shopping Towers: The somewhat different travel guide - Bulgaria. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
3. ^ The Haskovo City Theater. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
4. ^ Haskovo surroundings. Zone Bulgaria, accessed June 21, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Лесопарк "Кенана" - Хасково. Опознай.bg, accessed June 25, 2020 (Bulgarian). 
6. ↑ Регионален център за дистанционно обучение - гр. Хасково. In: unwe.bg. Retrieved June 21, 2020 (Bulgarian). 
7. ↑ УНСС пръв въведе е-студентска книжка Копирано от standartnews.com. In: standardnews.com. May 28, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020 (Bulgarian). 
8. ^ Branch of the Thracian University of Stara Sagora. In: google.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ЧАСТЕН ПРОФЕСИОНАЛЕН КОЛЕЖ. In: ecomintellect.bg. Retrieved June 23, 2020 (Bulgarian). 
10. ↑ нови 53 перли в DSD. In: Haskovo.net. May 22, 2019, accessed June 21, 2020 (Bulgarian). 
11. ↑ След 30 г. випуск отново чу звънеца на Руската гимназия. In: Haskovo.info. June 17, 2017, accessed June 21, 2020 (Bulgarian). 
12. ↑ Побратимени градове - Община Хасково. Retrieved July 24, 2020 . 
13. ^ Haskovo Municipality - Twin Cities. In: haskovo.bg. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015 ; accessed on October 2, 2015 .