Karlovo
Karlowo [ karɫovo ] ( Bulgarian Карлово ) is a city and administrative center of a municipality of the same name in central Bulgaria, in the Plovdiv Oblast.
Karlovo is situated on the southern slopes of the Balkan Mountains im Rosental, which extends in the east to Kazanlak. The city has about 28,000 inhabitants and is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality Karlovo.
Geography
Karlovo to Plovdiv and Asenovgrad is the third largest city in the Plovdiv Oblast. Karlovo is located at 386 m altitude in the northern part of the Karlowoebene ( Bulg Карловско поле ), bounded on the north by the Balkan Mountains and the northeast of the Sredna Gora. The mountainous area Kosniza, located near the city klisura, separates the westward Karlowoebene, which is also referred to as Stremska Valley because of the flowing here Stremska River, from the adjacent basins of the Balkan Mountains from. To the east the Karlowoebene extends to Kalofer where they Krastez or Straschate ( Bulg Кръстец or Стражата ) is bounded by a small hill called.
Karlovo is located 145 km west of the capital Sofia, 56 km north of Plovdiv and 7 km east of Sopot.
Structure
Community structure
In the municipality of Karlovo ( Bulg Община Карлово ) are out of the towns of Karlovo, Banja, Kalofer, klisura yet incorporated the following locations:
- Begunzi
- Bogdan
- Christo Danowo
- Dabene
- Domljan
- Dolni Domljan
- Iganowo
- Karawaelowo
- Karnare
- Kliment
- Kurtowo
- Marino Pole
- Moskowez
- Mratschenik
- Pewzite
- Prolow
- Rosino
- Slatina
- Sokoliza
- Stoletowo
- Vasil Levski
- Wedrare
- Wojnjagowo
History
The town originated in the late 14th century and had its heyday in the mid-19th century.
After the Ottomans had destroyed the neighboring Sopot, they founded in 1483 near to the area of the village Suschiza the town of Karlovo in order to develop the administrative center of Nachija ( an Ottoman administrative unit ). In the center of Karlovo is still the Kurschum mosque from that time. To secure the maintenance of the Kurschum Mosque, an Islamic religious endowment ( Vakuf ) was set up in 1479 - the " Vakuf Ali Karlasade ", the territories were transferred around Karlovo.
Even with the establishment of Karlovo began the controversy over the city limits between Sopot and Karlovo. The dispute reached its climax in 1633, so that Sultan Murad IV had personally adopted a regulation ( Ferman ) and officials from Istanbul and Stara Zagora sent to set the boundaries between Karlovo and Sopot. The territorial dispute was of course in favor of the Vakufs, so karlowos decided.
The town's name probably derives from Karlovo Karl Bay, the landowners of the lands around the city.
1869, the first Tschitalischte was opened in Karlovo.
The town was from 1953 to 1962 the name Levski degrees, after the revolutionary and activists of the Bulgarian National Revival Vassil Levski. Nearby Karlowos various prehistoric gold artifacts were discovered in 2006/2007.
Economy
Karlovo is famous for the production of rose oil, which is used in perfume production, even lavender is grown for these purposes. Furthermore, the city is a site for the processing industry ( meat factory, cosmetics companies ) and the agricultural sector ( especially wine and rose oil ).
In he vicinity of the city, near the village of Wedrare, there is a tractor plant in which the compact tractor Bolgar is made.
Attractions
The most famous son of the city is the revolutionary Vasil Levski, whose birthplace can be visited today as a museum. The museum - house is one of the 100 national tourist objects in Bulgaria. The monument of Vasil Levski was awarded by the Bulgarian state with the European Heritage Label.
Karlovo is a starting point for the regional tourism in the Balkans
The waterfall Sutschurum ( Bulg Сучурум ) is part of the nature reserve, which is located above Karlowo in the Balkan Mountains.
10 km south of Karlovo in the city of Banja there are hot mineral springs and spa hotels.
Every year on the first Saturday in June in Karlovo held the feast of the rose.
Every year the birthday (July 18 ) and the anniversary of his death ( February 18 ) by Vassil Levski also is celebrated.
Others
In Karlowo the 61st Mechanized Brigade ( Bulg Стрямска механизирана бригада ) is stationed the Bulgarian army.
The Karlowska Lukanka ( Bulg Карловска луканка ) is a proprietary and patented by the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria sausage brand.