Swishtov
| Svishtov (Свищов) | |||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Veliko Tarnovo | ||
| Residents : | 26,869 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Area : | 110 km² | ||
| Population density | 244.3 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 37 ' N , 25 ° 21' E | ||
| Height : | 0-80 m | ||
| Postal code : | 5250 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 0631 | ||
| License plate : | BT | ||
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| Mayor : | Stanislaw Blagow | ||
| Website : | www.svishtov.bg | ||
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Swishtow [ sviʃˈtɔf ] (also written Svištov , Bulgarian Свищов , formerly Sistova, Latin Novae ) is a town in Bulgaria , on the right bank of the Danube , 235 km northeast of Sofia . In Swishtow the Danube reaches its southernmost point (430.37'N). The city has 26,869 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016).
history
Swishtow was originally a Roman fortress of the Danube Limes under the name Novae . From the middle of the 1st century AD, a fortress of the Legio VIII Augusta stationed here stood here . The Legio I Italica was later stationed here.
Novae served as the basis for countless Roman campaigns to ward off barbaric tribes, the last time for the Balkan campaigns of Maurikios from 591 to 602. Coin finds show that Novae could have been destroyed by the Slavs in 613 at the earliest.
Swishtov was almost destroyed by the Turks. In 1791 the peace of Swishtow was signed there, which established the Austrian-Ottoman border. In 1810 the city was burned down by the invading Russians. But already in 1820 the city grew again under Ottoman rule, and the ferry traffic on the Danube brought the city back to prosperity. The Romanian city of Alexandria was founded by refugees from Swishtov after the Russo-Turkish War from 1828 to 1829 (see also Turkish Wars ).
Swishtov was the first city in Bulgaria to be captured by Russian troops when they crossed the Danube nearby in the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877-78 .
On November 23 and 24, 1916, troops of the Central Powers crossed the Danube at Swishtov; two weeks later conquered they Bucharest .
The city has given its name to Svishtov Cove , a bay on Livingston Island in Antarctica , since 2005 .
Long-distance cycle path
The city is on the Danube Cycle Path , an international long-distance cycle route .
Personalities
- Nikolai Christakiew Pavlovich (1835-1894), painter
- Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897), writer, famous for his character Baj Ganjo, one of the most popular characters in Bulgarian literature.
- Amwrosij Paraschkewow (1942–2020), Orthodox clergyman, Metropolitan of the Dorostol Diocese of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and member of the Holy Synod
- Tsanko Tsvetanov (* 1970), football player
gallery
Swishtow in 1824
Port Swishtov
State Trade School
Orthodox Church "Holy Trinity"
Akademik Stadium
Ethnographic Museum
House with the plaque where the Swishtov Peace Treaty was signed in 1791
