Kulata

Koulata ( Bulgarian Кулата; earlier occasionally Koula ) is a village in southwestern Bulgaria, in the municipality of Petrich, District / Oblast Blagoevgrad. Formerly called the village only " Kula " or " Petritschka Kula " ( in German: Kula in Petrich ), to distinguish it from the nearby village of " Kula " in Greece, Regional District Serres, but which today Paleokastro (Greek Παλαιόκαστρο, to German: old fortress ) is called. Also in the north-western Bulgaria, there is a town called Kula.

" Kula " means in Bulgarian "tower". The suffix "- ta" in " Koulata " is the definite article dar. " Kalata " so could be with " Tum " translate.

Geography

The village lies in the valley of Sandanski and Petrich, on the left bank of the Struma River, which runs 1.5 kilometers west of the village.

The border crossing point Koulata ( Bulg ГКПП Кулата-Промахон/GKPP " Koulata - Promachonas ", " granite 's Kontrolno Propuskwatelen point " Koulata - Promachonas " ) is immediately adjacent to the southwestern village boundary. The local border crossing is the main border crossing between Bulgaria and Greece. Here, the main route between Bulgaria and Greece, the road from Sofia to Thessaloniki ( E 79, the unfinished Awtomagistrala " goiter " - Bulg Автомагистрала " Струма " ) passes through the Bulgarian- Greek border, as well as the main railway line to Greece. The railway line was electrified Dupniza - Koulata 2001. In the village Koulata is the duty station of the border crossing Koulata. The duty station subject to the customs stations Slatarewo ( Bulg Златарево ) and the Customs office in Petrich.

On the Greek side of the border crossing is the village Promachonas (Greek Προμαχώνας, Bulg Драготин / Dragotin ), in the municipality Sindiki (Greek Προμαχώνας ), Regional District of Serres.

History

In the 19th century Koulata was a small Bulgarian village squire (estate: türk " çiftlik ", Bulg чифлик / Tschiflik ), which belonged to the district court / Kaaza Sidirokastro.

1873 was the village of 20 households with 65 Bulgarians. 1900 Kula had 110 inhabitants, all were Christian Bulgarians.

According to the statistics of Dimitar Mischew ( Bulg Димитър Мишев Димитров ), the secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate in 1905 the village had already Kaaza Melnik and the Christian population consisted of 96 Bulgarians.

During the Greek Bulgarian border conflict in 1925, which became known as the incident of Petrich ( Bulg Петрички инцидент ), the village Koulata was occupied by the Greek army.