Prahovo
Prahovo (Cyrillic Прахово ) is a city in the Opština Negotin and the District of Bor in eastern Serbia. It lies on the Danube River in the border triangle between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria and is one of the oldest settlements in this municipality.
History
It is believed that the village from the Roman settlement Decebaluma arose.
Beginning of the 16th century, the village had 35 houses, only in recent centuries, the number of inhabitants grew up. The inhabitants of the village, Vlachs, originally came from the south, before they had settled in Prahovo.
In the 17th century, most inhabitants farmers, the pigs or sheep were held. The Orthodox Ascension Church in Prahovo was built in 1872.
On September 6 and 7, 1944, the " Black Sea Fleet " of the German Navy was sunk on the orders of Rear Admiral Paul Willy Zieb to make the waterway impassable in the Danube. An estimated 150 to 200 vessels up to 20 kilometers in length was also the retreat across the Danube cut off. The Red Army already controlled the Romanian shore of the Iron Gate, but they could usually smaller German ships did not attack because of an island and before lying swamps. Although the Wehrmacht still dominated the Serbian shore, but was threatened by the advancing Yugoslav Partisans. According to eyewitness reports, the ships were locked together, flooding and triggered explosions inside. Some wrecks were evacuated by ship crane Sutjeska from the fairway so that ships could ever happen. Even in 2009, 64 years after the Second World War, prepare the remaining wrecks of old German warships of the international Danube more and more problems. Using local divers and Dutch experts have been localized in 2009 and measured the wreck, at least 21 ships are still in or near the fairway, impede the flow of cargo ships and cruise ships. Up to 30 million euros have to be applied for the salvage.
Population
The 2002 census (self- nomination) revealed that 1,506 people live in the village.
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Economy
The town's economy was determined over decades by about two kilometers east located chemical company IHP ( Industry of hemijskih proizvoda ) Prahovo, was begun in 1960. It has its own port on the Danube as well as a station for it was created. After years of decline, followed in 2007 by the privatization with the sale to the Greek company Neochimiki. At this time, the company had 500 employees. But could Neochimiki did not comply, after which the privatization was reversed the commitments made at the purchase. In July 2012, bought the. Fertilizer manufacturers in Sabac Elixir fertilizer division of IHP Prahovo and initially promised the employment of 150 employees
The company " Elixir Grupa " already started the reconstruction of the production plants and plans to invest a total value of 24 million euros by 2015.
Infrastructure
Prahovo has three railway stations. Prahovo Pristanište forms the end point of the route to Crveni Krst in Opština Niš. Daily train here three pairs of trains to Zaječar and a pair up Niš, which also serve the Prahovo station. The maintenance Prahovo Fabrika other hand, is not operated in passenger transport.
In 2008, new signs were installed as an identifier for the Danube cycle path. This company has been funded by the European Union.
About two kilometers west of the border crossing Prahovo Kusjak was opened to Romania on 28 December 2011. We used for the dam of the power station Iron Gate 2
Education
In the village there is a comprehensive school that goes up to the 9th grade.
Sports
South of the village is the " stadium" Prahovo. This is a lawn with two grandstands, each with three rows of seats. It is the home site of the playing in the regional league football club FK Dunav Prahovo, which was founded in 1947.