Knjaschewo
Knjaschewo ( Bulgarian Княжево von Knjaz , to German prince ) is a quarter of the Bulgarian capital Sofia . The municipality is located on the southwestern outskirts of the city, at the foothills of the Vitosha Mountains . Knjaschewo is located between the boulevard Tsar Boris III., The boulevard Nikola Petkow and the district of Gorna Banya . The boulevard of Tsar Boris III, coming from the city center, runs from northeast to southwest and divides Knjaschewo in two halves. The western part of the city district lies in the foothills of the Ljulin Mountains. The Vladaya River flows through the district .
history
The Ottoman writer Evliya Çelebi , who had toured this area, mentions the place under the name Bali Efendi in his travel book from the 17th century . It is believed that the place was first called Klisura, but had taken the name of the dervish monk Bali Efendi (* in Strumica ; † 1551 in Constantinople) during the Ottoman-Turkish rule . Behind today's church Sweti Ilija (Bulgar. Свети Илия) is the tomb ( Türbe ) of Bali Efendi, which was built on behalf of the Ottoman sultan Selim II .
During the Ottoman-Turkish rule, the place was divided into machallas (quarters). In the central machalla, which bears the name of the place Bali Efendi , were, among other things, the shops and warehouses of the merchants, the mosque complex of the dervishes ( Tekke ) with its hammam and the caravanserai that arose around the tomb of Bali Efendi. The second Machalla was named Klisurska and the third Tscherkeska , since Circassians were settled in it.
The role of the mosque complex in the development of the place has not yet been researched archaeologically or in Bulgarian sources. It is believed that the mosque complex was destroyed during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II from 1808 to 1839 when he cracked down on the Janissaries in Constantinople and their affiliated Dervish orders throughout the empire. Even today, however, the preserved grave of Bali Efendi is one of the sanctuaries of the Bulgarian Alevis .
After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 and the proclamation of Sofia as the capital of the newly founded Principality of Bulgaria in 1881, the place Beli Efendi was renamed Knjaschewo, after the title Knjaz of the German-born Prince Alexander Battenberg . In 1886 a post office was built in Knjaschewo. The electric tram opened in 1901. In 1917 Knjaschewo was the first Bulgarian place to be electrified. From 1914 to 1938 Knjaschewo was an independent municipality. In 1948 the community was dissolved and Knjaschewo became part of the People's Council of the 6th District (Bulgarian VI районен народен съвет / rajonen naroden sawet). In 1962, the first cable car lift in Bulgaria went into operation in Knjaschewo. The cable car "Kjaschewo - Kopitoto" led from the outskirts up to Kopitoto in the Vitosha Mountains, but no longer exists today. Only the pillars of the cable car are still standing in numerous places in the Vitosha Mountains. At the upper cable car station, Kopitoto, is the Kopitoto TV tower (Bulgarian телевизионна кула Копитото). In 1965 there was an accident on this cable car with several fatalities when the suspension cable tore and several cabins fell into the depths.
In 1958, Knjaschewo was established around the districts of Petko Napetow (bulg. Петко Напетов), Losishte-Korenjazi (bulg. Лозище-Кореняци), Gramada (bulg. Грамада), Borowa gora (bulg. Грамада), Borowa gora (bulg. and 10. Kilometar (bulg. 10-ти километър) expanded. In the same year Knjaschewo became a municipality of Sofia.
Cityscape
The Knjaschewo district is mainly built up with single-family houses and villas. Its location near the Vitosha and Lyulin Mountains, as well as the good transport links (bus lines No. 58, 59, 107, 111 and 260; tram lines No. 5, 11 and 19) to the city center of Sofia make it one of the most popular most desirable residential areas in Sofia. From 2014 the district will be connected to the Sofia underground network .
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- ↑ a b c Райна Костенцева: Моят роден град София в края на XIX - началото на XX век и след това. София, Рива, 2008. ISBN 978-954-320-206-5