Panagyurishte
| Panagyurishte (Панагюрище) | |||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Pazardzhik | ||
| Residents : | 16,359 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 30 ′ N , 24 ° 11 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 550 m | ||
| Postal code : | 4500 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 0357 | ||
| License plate : | PA | ||
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| Mayor : | Gerogi Gerginekow | ||
Panagjurishte [ pɐnɐˈɡjuriʃtɛ ] (English transcription Panagyurishte , international transliteration Panagjurište , Bulgarian Панагюрище ) is a Bulgarian city on the upper reaches of the Maritsa . It is located 43 kilometers north of Pazardzhik in the Sredna Gora Mountains. At the same time, it is the administrative center of the municipality of the same name.
The Thracian gold treasure of Panagyurishte was found near Panagyurishte in 1949 and has been kept in the Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv since the 1970s .
history
Favored by the location, the nature and the climate, people settled in the region even before the Middle Ages . Among other things, they built the Krasen and Dushkovchenin fortresses, the ruins of which have been preserved. The foundation of the city Panagyurishte - named after the Greek πανηγυρι - took place in the time of the Ottoman conquests in the Balkans. In the 16th century it was mainly Albanians who immigrated to the region. The old Turkish name (until 1885) was Otluk-Köy ( Otluk Köyü ).
Panagyurishte was one of the centers of the April uprising against Ottoman rule in May 1876. Although unsuccessful and brutally suppressed, the uprising played an important role in the Bulgarian national movement . The city was burned down, but rebuilt from 1878. However, historical buildings have hardly been preserved.
In 1949, three brothers who ran a brick factory found a pot of gold in the vicinity of the town while looking for clay . Archaeologists have the find to the 4th to 3rd century BC. Dated. As a result, a history museum was established in the village, in which copies of the treasure are shown; the originals were brought to Plovdiv.
In 1977 Panagyurishte was designated a community center.
From 1983 until the fall of the Wall in the GDR there was a town partnership with the German town of Aue in Saxony , where Bockauer Straße had been renamed Panagjurischter Straße by the town administration . After 1990, however, it got its old name back, and the town twinning was not continued.
The city has given its name to the Panagyurishte Nunatak on Greenwich Island in Antarctica since 2005 .
religion
The majority of the population is Christian . In the city center there is the Protestant Church of St. George . There are some Orthodox chapels in the vicinity of the village. Islam is practically not represented in the community.
Economy and Transport
Large employers in the city are the optoelectronic Group Optix AG, endoscopy manufacturer Schölly Optix, the mining company Assarel-Medet , the Bunai AG, which manufactures plastic products, textile mills Jana and Riton P . The former produces cotton towels, Riton P - founded in 1939, then renamed several times, privatized in 1997 - has specialized in the production of shirts, blouses and T-shirts. Panagyurishte is the terminus of a railway line from Plovdiv .
Attractions
You can visit the excavation site of a Thracian temple from the 5th century BC in the nearby town of Starosel . In addition, several museums are to be mentioned. A theater, three monuments for personalities of the city's history and the historical site Oborischte , around 8 km outside of the city, are further sights.
sons and daughters of the town
- Marin Drinow (1838–1906), enlightener, historian and linguist
- Anka Pelowa (* 1939), sports shooter
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ralf Petermann and Lothar Walther: Aue - 40 years of everyday life in the GDR, series of pictures from the GDR , Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2005, ISBN 3-89702-857-3 ; Pp. 34-35.
- ↑ About us. Retrieved July 21, 2019 .
- ↑ locations. Retrieved July 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Homepage of Riton P (English); accessed on September 4, 2016.
- ^ [1] Website of the city of Panagyurishte. Retrieved November 10, 2012.