Fushë-Krujë
41.47888888888919.72055555555635Koordinaten: 41 ° 29 ' N, 19 ° 43' O
Fushë - Kruja ( Albanian: Fushë - Kruja ) is a city in central Albania with 18,477 (as of 2011) inhabitants, about 20 kilometers north of the Albanian capital Tirana. Fushë - Kruja is now the largest town in the district of Kruja. [Note 1]
Fushë - Kruja is located on the coastal plain at the foot of Skanderbeggebirges, on the western slope of about ten kilometers to circle the main town of Kruja sticks. From this historic town is also the name Fushë - Krujas infers that means roughly Kruja in the field or level of Kruja. The location is by the river Zeza ( German: the blacks) flow-through, coming from the mountains a tributary of the Ishëm. The coast of the Adriatic Sea is nearly 20 km in a north-westerly direction away.
All traffic to North and Northeast Albania happens Fushë - Kruja, the confluence of Tirana and Durres from the upcoming streets. An expressway newly created leads from here to the north. It is currently expanded to a four-lane highway, connects the Durres with Kukes and Kosovo. The railway in the Hekurudha Shqiptare to Shkodra and Montenegro extends a few kilometers west; an industrial track leads but by Fushë - Kruja to the northeast cement factory. The only international airport of Albania is only a few kilometers away.
The foundation of the town has to do with traffic. As early as the 15th or 16th century, the Ura e Zeze, the Zeza Bridge, documented at this point; a village of the same is also there since that time. [Note 2] After the Second World War, many refugees have settled in Fushë - Kruja from Kosovo. During this time, the marshes were drained in the coastal plains in Albania and the rivers improved, so that was new cultivated land. Later, a cement factory and other industries located in Fushë - Kruja - on the one hand, in order not to destroy the townscape of Kruja, on the other hand because Fushë - Kruja is easily accessible.
Due to its location and proximity to Tirana Fushë - Kruja is a small regional commercial center. A cement factory still exists. In addition, make columns of smoke visible from a distance on the ovens of lime kilns attention. In Fushë - Kruja and the southern communities, the Albanian furniture industry has focused: numerous production companies try with ever-growing retail shops along the street customers primarily from Tirana to attract them. Furthermore Fushë - Kruja, a small market town, where the residents of the area can stock up on the necessities. Since the end of the communist regime in Albania in the early 1990s experienced the environment of Fushë - Kruja a significant influx of internal migrants from remote rural areas and, consequently, a sprawl with brisk construction activity outside the old village centers.
The biggest international attention experienced the place as the U.S. President George W. Bush on a short visit supposedly the clock was stolen. Amazing was that the world's most controversial and very well shielded American president in Albania just a bath in the crowd took and shook the hands of the inhabitants Fushë - Krujas. Bush, who had come actually for a meeting with local small business owners who were funded by an American aid project microcredit, in the city, was made an honorary citizen of Fushë - Kruja. The central square was subsequently named after him.
The local football club KS Iliria currently playing in the third highest league, the Kategoria e Dyte.
Pictures
U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit in summer 2007
The city from the air