Kocherinovo
| Kotscherinowo (Кочериново) | |||||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Kyustendil | ||||
| Residents : | 2174 (December 31, 2016) | ||||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 5 ' N , 23 ° 7' E | ||||
| Height : | 392 m | ||||
| Postal code : | 2640 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 07053 | ||||
| License plate : | KH | ||||
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| Mayor : | Kostadin Katin | ||||
Kotscherinowo ( Bulgarian Кочериново ) is a city in western Bulgaria , in the district / Oblast Kyustendil . Although Kotscherinowo is only 8 km north of Blagoevgrad , it does not belong to the district / Oblast Blagoewgrad , but to the district / Oblast Kyustendil. Kotscherinowo is the administrative center of the municipality of the same name Kotscherinowo .
geography
The city of Kocherinovo is 90 km south of the capital Sofia , on the road that leads to the Rila Monastery and 2 km east of the European route 79 (Sofia - Thessaloniki ). Nearby run two rivers - the flowing north-south direction Struma and the east of the Rila coming Rila , which flows about 2.5 km southwest of the town center in the Struma. The village of Stob with the pyramids of Stob is located three kilometers northeast of Kotscherinowo .
The name of the place was first mentioned in 1878. In 1974 Kochinovo was declared a town. The root of the place name is "Kotscher" (Bulgar. "Кочер"), German for shed / shed / pigsty. Similar place names with this root are:
- in Bulgaria: Kocherovo near Goze Deltschew (town)
- in Bosnia and Herzegovina : Kočerin near Široki Brijeg
- in Russia : Kotscherowo (Russian Кочерово)
- Village in the Belyov Bayon in Tula Oblast
- Village in the Nerechta Rajon in Kostroma Oblast
- Village in Moschenskij -Rajon in Novgorod Oblast
- Village in the Novodugino bayon in Smolensk Oblast
- Village in Bolschow Selo -Rajon in Yaroslavl Oblast
- Village in the Krasny Kholm bayon in Tver Oblast
- Village in Torzhok -Rajon in Tver Oblast
- in Ukraine : the village Kotscherowo (Russian Кочерово.) in Radomishl -Rajon in the Oblast Zhytomyr
economy
Until a few years ago, tobacco cultivation was the main source of income for the people of Kocherinovo. A large number of residents also worked in the "Nikola Wapzarow" paper and packaging plant, which, however, ceased operations after it was returned. Now there is a sewing shop, a briquette factory and a pastry shop.
Attractions
- Memorial to those who fell in the Balkan Wars (1912–1913) and the First World War (1915–1918) (Note: Bulgaria only entered World War I in 1915 on the side of the Central Powers.)
- Memorial to the fallen Russian soldiers of the 124th Regiment from Voronezh in the Russo-Ottoman War from 1877 to 1878.
- Memorial to the fallen soldiers in World War II
The city holiday is on September 21 of each year.
Personalities
The poet and communist Nikola Wapzarow (1909–1942) worked in the 1930s as a stoker and later as a mechanic in the "Bulgarische Forstindustrie AG" factory. In 1936 he was released.