Ludogorie

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Ludogorie ( Bulgarian Лудогорие , Turkish Deliorman ) is a historical landscape in northeast Bulgaria and a plain of the same name. The Ludogorie area covers 2638 km 2 . It lies in the Danube Plain , belongs mainly to the Razgrad Oblast and includes the cities of Novi Pasar , Pliska , Isperich and Razgrad .

The Ludogorie Plain is hilly to the east, reaching a height of 485 m above sea level near the village of Samuil . In the north it merges into the Dobruja plains and the Danube lowlands . Here is also the lowest point at Iper at an altitude of 39 m. The Ludogorie Plain is part of the Danube Plain.

The Turkish name of the region was Deliorman, which literally means “crazy forest”, in Bulgarian “Luda gora” or as an area name Ludogorie. Ludogorie is thus a translation of the old Turkish name Deliorman into Bulgarian. The Bulgarian landscape name was officially changed to "Polesje" in 1942. However, the name did not catch on and was replaced by the new official name Ludogorie in 1950. Ludogorie is mostly used with the attached specific article (“-to”) and the area is then referred to as “Ludogorieto”. In everyday language, however, the name Deliorman has been used in parallel to this day.

Until the 18th century, the region was covered by dense forest, which merged seamlessly into the forests of the Balkan Mountains . Today most of the forests are gone. Only the forest in the "water reserve" has been preserved and is a reminder of the historical condition. The region is poor in water resources. The only significant river that flows through the region is the Beli Lom .

The population of the region consists of Bulgarians , Turks and Roma .

The landscape gives its name to Ludogorie Peak , a mountain on Livingston Island in Antarctica.

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