Knezha
Knescha ( Bulgarian Кнежа ) is a city in northwestern Bulgaria. It lies in the Oblast Pleven, 32 km east of the town of Byala Slatina. Knescha is to Pleven and Tscherwen brjag the third largest city in the Pleven Oblast and the administrative center of the homonymous municipality Knescha.
Geography
Knescha is 53 km north-east of Vratsa and 24 km north of Tscherwen brjag. To the north is 21 km to the Danube; here is the village of Ostrov. 12 km east of the town of Iskar River flows north towards the Danube.
The surrounding villages are the Iskar town and the villages: Badarski Geran ( Bulg Бърдарски Геран ), Dolni Lukowit ( Bulg Долни Луковит ) Galowo ( Bulg Галово ) Gostilja ( Bulg Гостиля ), Ostrow ( Bulg Остров ) Selanowzi ( bulg Селановци ) Stawerzi ( bulg Ставерци ), Tarnak ( bulg Търнак ) Lasarowo ( bulg Лазарово ) Breniza ( bulg Бреница ).
The community Knescha is bounded on the north by the Danube, on the east by the west from the river Iskar and Skat ( Bulg Скът ).
The area is traversed by the small river Gostilja ( Bulg Гостиля ) who moves from southwest to northeast. Its sources are located near the village of Wrjanka ( Bulg Враняк ), then it flows near the village of Tarnak past and still pass as a small river at Knescha where adding more inflows. Next the Gostilja flows north past the villages Dolni Lukowit and Gostilja and flows west of the village Stawerzi in the Iskar.
Climatic features
The climate in Knescha differs considerably from that of the other places in the Bulgarian Danube plain. Typical are harsh and cold winters with strong winds, as well as a windy spring and summer with strong heat waves. The wind blows predominantly from the northeast and northwest. Rainfall is low and unfavorable distributed over the year. Knescha has a relatively low average annual temperature with large temperature fluctuations.
Typical are the extreme values of the measured temperatures. It is often in Knescha the lowest temperature measured Bulgaria in the winter, while in summer - also here - the highest temperature in the country is measured. The continental character of the Bulgarian climate is most pronounced here.
History
As early as the 1st to the 4th century, even in Roman times, there were settlements here. From the presence of the Slavs witness the Slavic names of some regions and villages: minced lard ( Bulg Съсека ) Warbiza ( Bulg Върбица ) Srebren ( Bulg Сребрен ).
The town's name probably comes from the Slavic word Knjas back ( German: Prince of Bulg княз ), formerly Kansan ( Bulg Кънъз ) or Kane ( Bulg Кънез ) was pronounced. The ruler of the region - the prince - was known that he was defending the public against the Ottoman rulers of Bulgaria and granted refugees and robbers before the Ottomans shelter.
Economy
The region's economy is heavily reliant on agriculture. There is a cannery. Balkancar ( a manufacturer of electric motors and forklifts ) has a factory in Knescha.
There is also a Agricultural Research Institute of corn in Knescha. The institute was founded in 1924 by the Ministry of Agriculture by the local agricultural school a proving ground has been connected. Tasks of the institute were the testing of agricultural machinery, breeding and testing of different varieties of corn, sunflower, corn, barley, oats and beans. 1931 from the trial field an agricultural experimental station and in 1950 an Institute for Agro Technology. 1954 merged it with the Livestock Experiment Station as Scientific Research Institute, which oversaw all of North and Central Bulgaria. In 1962, as part of a restructuring of agricultural research in Bulgaria (1962 was the fall of Lysenko ) specialization for the Scientific Research Institute of Maize. The current task of the Institute is the breeding of hybrid maize varieties. It is done scientific work in the field of genetics, selection, plant physiology, biochemistry, and seed production of maize.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Galabin Boewski ( b. 1974 ), Bulgarian weightlifters
- Valentin Ilijew ( b. 1980 ), Bulgarian football player
- Place in the Oblast Pleven