Kardam, Dobrich Province

Kardam [ kardɐm ] ( Bulg Кардам ) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria. It is located in Dobrogea, in Dobrich Oblast and the municipality of General Toshevo.

Geography

The village is located about 35 kilometers north of the town of Dobrich and five kilometers from the Bulgarian- Romanian border. The distance to the next town on the Romanian side - Negru Voda - is about twelve kilometers.

Bulgarian - Romanian border crossing

Since the border between Bulgaria and Romania mainly runs along the Danube and the only bridge over the Danube is Russian, there were few border crossings before the EU accession of Bulgaria and Romania. Apart from the Danube between Vidin and Calafat ferry that was the border crossing on the road from Kardam Negru Voda after. Since the Danube here runs to the north, this border crossing was on dry ground ( without a bridge or ferry).

The border crossing was named after the village Kardam (border crossing " Kardam ", Bulg ГКПП " Кардам " Transcription: GKPP " Kardam " long form: Granite 's Kontrolno Propuskwatelen point " Kardam " )

Names with Kardam

• A village of the same name located in the oblast Targovishte.
• Khan Kardam (reigned 777-802 ) was a Bulgarian ruler in the 8th century AD
• Prince Kardam (born 1962) is the first son of Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha.