Skydra (city)
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Municipality of Skydra Δημοτική Κοινότητα Σκύδρας (Σκύδρα) |
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| Country |
 Greece
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| region | Central Macedonia | ||
| Regional district | Pella | ||
| local community | Skydra | ||
| Parish | Skydra | ||
| Geographic coordinates | 40 ° 46 ′ N , 22 ° 9 ′ E | ||
| Height above d. M. |
44 m (average) |
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| surface | 9.980 km² | ||
| Residents | 5406 (2011) | ||
| LAU-1 code no. | 10040101 | ||
| Local division | 1 | ||
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Skydra ( Greek Σκύδρα ( f. Sg. ); Bulgarian Въртокоп Βέρτεκοπ Vertekop ) is a small town in the Greek region of Central Macedonia and the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name with 5406 inhabitants. It is located in fertile agricultural land at about 40 m above sea level . The next larger city is Edessa 15 km away. Skydra is an important agricultural center especially for growing peaches and fruits.
Names
In the Ottoman Empire and until 1926, Skydra was a small place called Vertikop. The name comes from Turkish or Slavic and roughly means "turning point" (Στριφοχώρι). This indicates that a river, today's Edesseos , which rises near Edessa and runs through the area of Vertikop, describes a loop around the church of Agios Georgios (Αγίος Γεωργίος).
history
In the 5th century BC Macedonia fell to the Persians. During this time there was a satrapy in the area of today's Skydra. A satrap named Vouvari between 510 and 490 BC Is attested. According to inscriptions on coins, the area experienced an upswing in the 1st – 3rd centuries. Century AD under Roman rule. According to preserved sources, Vertikop had around 40 houses in 1873; Half of these were Greek and half Turkish. Despite the small population, a two-story school was built in 1890, the building of which has been preserved to this day. The old school is now behind the high school building. In the Macedonian War (1904–1908), Christodoulos Dibaris (Χριστόδουλος Δημπάρης) stood out.
Vertikop was liberated on October 17, 1912. In 1914 an influx of refugees from Pontus and Thrace reached the area. Two years later, the Karatzova-Decauville railway of the Decauville type (Nτεκοβίλ) from Vertekop to Aridea was set up with French military support . This train connection was maintained during the First World War. The route to Karatzova was the only traffic connection, as the Greek state had not yet built any roads. At the end of May 1918, Vertekop was bombed twice by the German air forces, as it was known that the station was an important supply station and that the offensive in Macedonia was supported from there. The damage was enormous as the bombs hit the train station, where explosives and ammunition were stored, and there were various kitchens and ovens in the area. In 1918 the railroad passed into Greek hands and resumed seven years later. Train traffic continued until 1936 before the line became unprofitable. A remnant of this time is the name Ntekovil (Ντεκοβίλ) as a name for the district that arose around the station in the 1950s. The old "Decoville" building, which once served as a train station building (Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Σκύδρας), also stands today. However, it is in poor condition.
traffic
Skydra is located on two traffic axes running in an east-west direction. The Skydra station of the suburban railway Thessaloniki - Florina is located immediately east of the city center. From 1916 to 1836 Skydra was also the terminus of the Karatzova-Decauville Railway , which from 1918 ran via Apsalos to Aridea and Orma .
About one kilometer north of the city runs the Ethniki Odos 2 (E 86), from which the Skydra - Veria road (Επαρχιακή Οδός Σκύδρας - Βέροιας) branches off southwards.
Sports
The football club Aetos Skydra played temporarily and most recently until 2012 in the third highest division .
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 98 (PDF, 793 kB)
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
- ↑ Μετονομασίες των Οικισμών της Ελλάδας, Βερτεκόπ-Σκύδρα (Greek)
- ↑ "Investigation of indigenous Macedonians" (Αφανείς γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι), επιστημονική επιστημονική επιμέλεια Ioannis S. Koliopoulos (Ιλλεςς) σ. Ο Press. Κο Press. Thessaloniki 2008