Chiprovtsi Uprising

The uprising of Chiprovtsi ( Bulgarian Чипровско въстание / Tschiprowsko wastanie ) was an uprising of the Bulgarian population in the region around Chiprovtsi north of the Balkan Mountains to the hitherto nearly 300 -year-long Ottoman rule.

The rebellion broke out in 1688, after the imperial troops had occupied under the command of Max Emanuel on September 6, 1688 Belgrade. It was organized by descendants of Catholic miners from Saxony and Bulgarian Catholics, and had by the Orthodox population mitgetragen.Tschiprowzi and the surrounding places at that time some 6,000 inhabitants. The eight departments of the rebels under the captains Marinov, Stanislavov, Andrejnin and other population of more a few hundred fighters. After the next Turkish garrison was attacked and destroyed, followed by the counter-attack of the Sofia Beglerbegs and his Hungarian allies Tököly. The Baschibosuken used and irregular forces directed to a slaughter among the people and destroyed the places Chiprovtsi, Zhelezna, klisura and Kopilowzi. There at least a thousand people were killed, " two thousand boys and women enslaved " (as reported Knjazhevic ), about three thousand residents of the area fled to the north. Settled with the consent of Emperor Leopold I. north of the Danube, in the Banat, and were there for centuries Bulgarian village communities, such as until the 20th century living there and also so-called " Banat Bulgarians ". .

One of the organizers was the Bishop Petar Bogdan, who wrote the first history of Bulgaria and died as archbishop of Bulgaria, Moldavia and Wallachia.

One of the confidant of Cardinal Buonvisi played during the uprising as an officer a significant role: He came from the family tschiprower Markanic and was named after a remark of the former Queen Christina of Sweden, the " Bulgarian Count Marciano " called.