Kostenets

Kostenez (also written Kostenets, Bulgarian Костенец ) is a city in southwestern Bulgaria. The city is known as a spa and health resort and seat of the municipality of the same name. It is located in the district / Sofia Province.

In the area of the place there's sources of water containing radon, which is used for the Radonbalneologie.

The place is known since Roman times. In the 2nd century to have been built here the first medicinal pools.

Geography

Kostenez lies at the foot of the Rila mountain, in the valley of Dolna Banya, on the upper reaches of the river Maritsa. Here, the Rila - Pirin and Rhodope mountain massif meet with the Sredna Gora massif. The city is located around 76 km from the Bulgarian capital Sofia, 80 km west of Plovdiv and 27 km east of the Skikurort Borovets.

The region is rich in mineral and medicinal springs, in which the close gelegeben spa and wellness resorts Momin Prohod, villas Kostenetz, Ptschelinski Bani and the village Kostenetz have emerged today. They are as centers of Radonbalneologie for the rehabilitation and recovery of international importance.

The average monthly and annual air temperature in daylight varies from - 4.2 ° C ( January) to 16.1 ° C ( July).

Traffic

North of the center of Kostenez extend the main corridors of traffic from Western Europe to Serbia and on to Istanbul. It is the Thrace motorway as part of the European Route 80, as well as the railway line Sofia - Plovdiv - Istanbul. Kostenez is connected to the Bulgarian railway network and many tourists use the Kostenez station as a starting point for their drive to Boworez or in the nearby resorts and mountains.

Community structure

The community Kostenez divided into two cities ( Kostenez and Momin Prohod ) and 6 villages ( Golak, Gorna Wasiliza, Kostenez, Otschuscha, Podgorie, Pchelin ).

History

The strategic importance of the region with today's contoured Trojanowi Wtara was already recognized in the Bronze and Iron Ages. From this time, the first evidence of human habitation date. In the first millennium BC, the region was inhabited by the Thracian tribe Better that were part of the Odrysenreiches and the pass, they called Suki protect. About the pass also drew the Thracian king Sitalkes against the ancient Macedonians to end their dominance.

The the nearby mineral springs was used by the Thracians, while the Romans later built large bands equipment. End of the first and n at the beginning of the second century AD the territory of the present-day city was part of the Roman province of Serdica. The Romans also use the pass and built in the third century a fortress to protect the pass. Even the ancient road Via Militaris they built to (now Sofia) to connect the provincial capital Serdica with Konstantin Opel. Another fort was built on the territory of today's village Kostenez.

The colonization of the present city Kostenetz began in 1884 with the construction of the railway section Belovo - Wakarel that part of the Sofia - Constantinople Opel was the railway line. The construction of the match and the paper mill has accelerated the expansion of the railway workers' settlement.

In 1964, the three settlements Kostenez Banja, Momin Prohod and Monina Banja were pooled ( Banja Engl. bathroom (spa ) ) to the city Kostenez. In 2006, the former district Momin Prohod was declared a health resort.

Attractions

• Tschitalischte " Progres "

• Momin Prohod
• Health resort Kostenez
• Ptschelinski Bani

• Trojanowi Wrata
• Markova Mexana

• Church "St. Archangel Michael " ( Bulg Св.Архангел Михаил )
• Church "St. Great Martyr Dimitri " ( Bulg Св. Великомъченик Георги )
• Church " Sveti Panteleimon " ( Bulg Св. Панталеймон )
• Monastery " Sveti Spas" ( Bulg Свети Спас )

Associated with the city people

• Konstantin Kostenezki ( 1380 - after 1431) Bulgarian scholar
• Georgi Rusew ( b. 1928 ), Bulgarian actor
• Atanas Delibaschew (1903-1998), architect
• Petar Poparsow (1868-1941), Bulgarian revolutionary