Knescha

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Knescha (Кнежа)
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Knescha (Bulgaria)
Knescha
Knescha
Basic data
State : BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
Oblast : Pleven
Residents : 9770  (December 31, 2016)
Coordinates : 43 ° 30 '  N , 24 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 30 '0 "  N , 24 ° 5' 0"  E
Height : 136 m
Postal code : 5835
Telephone code : (+359) 09132
License plate : EH
administration
Mayor : Simeon Sharabansky
Knescha

Knescha ( Bulgarian Кнежа ) is a city in northwestern Bulgaria . It is located in the Pleven Oblast , 32 km east of the city of Byala Slatina . Knescha is the third largest city in Pleven Oblast after Pleven and Cherven Brjag and the administrative center of the municipality of the same name Knescha.

geography

Knescha is located 53 km northeast of Wraza and 24 km north of Cherven Brjag. To the north it is 21 km to the Danube ; here is the village of Ostrow . 12 km east of the city, the Iskar River flows north towards the Danube.

The nearby towns are the town of Iskar and villages: Badarski Geran (bulg Бърдарски Геран.), Dolni Lukovit (bulg Долни Луковит.) Galowo , (bulg Галово.) Gostilja (bulg Гостиля.) Ostrow (bulg Остров.) Selanowzi (bulg. Селановци), Staverzi (bulg. Ставерци), Tarnak (bulg. Търнак), Lasarowo (bulg. Лазарово), Brenitsa (bulg. Бреница).

The municipality Knescha is bounded in the north by the Danube, in the east by the Iskar and in the west by the Skat river (Bulgarian Скът).

The area is traversed by the small river Gostilja (Bulgarian Гостиля), which runs from the southwest to the northeast. Its sources are near the village of Vryanka (Bulgarian Враняк), then it flows past the village of Tarnak and still as a small river past Knescha, where other tributaries are added. The Gostilja flows further north past the villages Dolni Lukowit and Gostilja and flows into the Iskar west of the village Stawerzi.

Climatic peculiarities

The climate in Knescha differs considerably from that of the other places in the Bulgarian Danube Plain. Typical are rough and cold winters with strong winds, as well as a windy spring and summer with strong heat waves. The wind blows mainly from the northeast and northwest. The precipitation is low and unfavorably distributed over the year. Knescha has a comparatively low average annual temperature with large temperature fluctuations.

The extreme values ​​of the measured temperatures are also typical. Often the lowest temperature in Bulgaria is measured in Knescha in winter, while in summer - also here - the highest temperature in the country is measured. The continental character of the Bulgarian climate is most pronounced here.

history

There were settlements here as early as the 1st to 4th centuries, in Roman times . The Slavic names of some areas and villages testify to the presence of the Slavs : Saseka (Bulgarian Съсека), Warbiza (Bulgarian Върбица), Srebren (Bulgarian Сребрен).

The name of the city probably goes back to the Slavic word Knjas (German: Fürst; bulg. Княз), which was earlier pronounced Kansan (Bulgar. Кънъз) or Kanes (Bulgar. Кънез). The ruler of the region - the prince - was known for defending the population against the Ottoman rulers of Bulgaria and for sheltering refugees and robbers from the Ottomans.

economy

The region's economy is heavily influenced by agriculture. There's a canning factory. Balkancar (a manufacturer of electric motors and forklifts) has a factory in Knescha.

There is also an agricultural research institute for maize in Knescha. The institute was founded in 1924 by the Ministry of Agriculture by adding a trial field to the local agricultural school. The tasks of the institute were the testing of agricultural technology, the breeding and testing of different varieties of maize, sunflower, grain, barley, oats and beans. In 1931 the test field became an agricultural test station and in 1950 an institute for agricultural engineering. In 1954 it merged with the cattle breeding research station to form the Scientific Research Institute, which looked after all of northern and central Bulgaria. In 1962, as part of a restructuring of agricultural research work in Bulgaria (1962 was the fall of Lyssenko ), the specialization as the Scientific Research Institute for Maize. Today's task of the institute is the breeding of hybrid maize varieties. Scientific work is carried out in the field of genetics, selection, plant physiology, biochemistry and the seed production of maize.

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