Kriva Palanka

Kriva Palanka Крива Паланка
Basic data
Region :	Northeast
Municipality :	Kriva Palanka
Coordinates :	42 ° 12 ′  N , 22 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 22 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	680  m. i. J.
Area (Opština) :	480.81  km²
Residents :	14,558 (2002)
Inhabitants (Opština) :	20,820 (2002)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+389) 031
Postal code :	1330
License plate :	KP
Structure and administration
Mayor :	Arsenčo Aleksovski ( VMRO-DPMNE )
Website :	www.krivapalanka.gov.mk

Kriva Palanka ( Cyrillic Крива Паланка ) is a city in North Macedonia . It is located in the municipality of the same name, Kriva Palanka . The city is located in the northeast of North Macedonia, around ten kilometers from the Deve Bair border crossing between North Macedonia and Bulgaria at the foot of the Osogowo Mountains. The city has 14,558 inhabitants and is the seat of the Kriva Palanka province, which has almost 21,000 inhabitants.

Geography and climate

The town of Kriva Palanka is 680 m above sea level and, due to its geographical location, has a temperate continental climate with more than 200 days of sunshine per year. The average annual temperature is 10.2 ° C. The warmest month is July with an average of 20.0 ° C. The coldest month is January with an average of −0.3 ° C. The average annual temperature is 20.3 ° C. Compared to the surrounding areas, Kriva Palanka receives significant rainfall. The first snow usually falls around November 30th. The areas of the Kriva Palanka region, which are 1700 meters above sea level, are influenced by the mountain climate and have very low annual mean temperatures. The peaks of the Ruen and Carev Vrv (Царев Врв) mountains are covered with snow from October to early June.

etymology

The name of the city is derived from the curved riverbed of the Kriva River. In the center of the city, the rushing mountain river Duračka Reka flows into the Reka Kriva river.

The original name of Kriva Palanka was Turkish Eğri Dere , which means "curved river".

history

The city is one of the youngest cities in North Macedonia. It was founded by the vizier Bajram Pasha during the Ottoman rule. This foundation in 1633 is attested by a stone slab with Arabic characters at the entrance to the fortress of Kriva Palanka. This stone slab is now in the Skopje Museum .

In order to strengthen the rule of the city, a fortress was built, which also served to maintain security with regard to the passing caravans from Skopje, Thessaloniki and Dubrovnik . As early as 1661, the Ottoman writer Evliya Çelebi described Kriva Palanka as a city with around 800 households. In 1689 the people from the north-east of North Macedonia organized an uprising from Kriva Palanka. This is known as Karpoš .

Rich, influential traders and craftsmen traveled in the 19th century to bring new ideas to the city. The social and economic conditions developed favorably for Kriva Palanka. The mining tradition from the 12th century was also renewed and the iron mines reopened. During this time one of the first Slavic Macedonian preachers worked, Joakim Krčovski , who, with the help of local traders, printed his famous five books in the vernacular from 1814 to 1819. With it, the need for literacy developed, and schools were opened.

The Kriva Palanka region was liberated from Ottoman rule in 1912. The Serbs ruled from 1912 to 1915 and the Bulgarians from 1915 to 1918 . In 1918 Macedonia and Kriva Palanka became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia .

Between the two world wars, Kriva Palanka experienced more economic regression than progress. The inability to secure normal living conditions generated a massive wave of emigration to the United States and South America, among others . During the Second World War , the citizens of Kriva Palanka played an active role in the fight against the fascists. 128 civilians and 139 soldiers in the region fell victim to this defensive war.

After the liberation on October 8, 1944, the creation of a Macedonian state in Yugoslavia began. A new phase of development began. Many cultural institutions such as the city library, cinema and cultural center were built, as well as a medical center and new schools. Factories, textile and carpet production, forestry, mining and agricultural cooperatives sprang up. Work was also carried out to improve the entire infrastructure and living conditions, water systems were constructed, and new roads and buildings were built. After the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, an independent and sovereign Macedonian state was created and reformed on September 8, 1991. Kriva Palanka thus received its first pluralistic, communal order.

population

The majority of the population consists of Macedonians and other minorities. Many families have more than four children, so the population is increasing.

religion

The population of Kriva Palanka is mostly of the Orthodox faith. Many churches and monasteries that are located in the city and region bear witness to this. Kriva Palanka has one of the most beautiful monastery complexes in North Macedonia, the monastery of Sv. Joakim Osogovski .

Culture

Since 1987 an international artist meeting “International Art Colony St. Joakim Osogovski” has been held annually between September 5th and September 20th in the artists' colony of the monastery of Sv. Joakim Osogovski instead. The Council of the Colony invites selected national and international artists to take part in this plein air symposium.

Town twinning

Kriva Palanka lists the following eight partner cities :

city	country
Bansko	Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Dupnitsa	Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Lugoj	Banat, Romania , since 2011
Mława	Mazovia, Poland
Perechyn	Transcarpathia, Ukraine
Sambreville	Wallonia, Belgium
Svidník	Prešovský Kraj, Slovakia
Vršac	Vojvodina, Serbia

economy

Agriculture, especially cultivated potatoes, and to a lesser extent maize, wheat, barley, rye and oats, are of great importance alongside mining. But there are also many sawmills. In the center of Kriva Palanka there are also grocery stores and a weekly market as well as several shops with handicrafts.

Web links

Commons : Kriva Palanka  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• books.google.de Philine von Opole: Macedonia: On the way in the southern Balkans

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} History of the city of K. Palanka. On macedoniancities.com . Retrieved February 8, 2016.
2. ↑ Visit to the “Sveti Joakim Osogovski” monastery on September 14, 2006 . ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On the website of the German Embassy in Skopje ( skopje.diplo.de ). Retrieved February 8, 2016. 
3. ↑ International Art Colony St. Joakim Osogovski. On mpc.org.mk . Retrieved February 8, 2016.
4. ↑ Збратимени градови ǀ Општина Крива Паланка. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .