Troyan

Trojan [ trojan ] ( Bulgarian Троян ) is a city and administrative center of a municipality of the same name in the north of Bulgaria in Lovech Oblast those second largest city it is.

Location

Trojan is located on the northern slopes of the Balkan Mountains, in the so-called Vorbalkan, on the banks of the Beli Osam - River. Trojan is located 35 km south of Lovech. South of Troy Trojan is the pass (1525 m over NN, Bulg Троянски проход; Trojanski Prohod ), over the Karlovo and Plovdiv ( 120 km) can be reached. To the north there are road links to Lovech, Teteven, Sevlievo and Aprilzi.

Trojan is the terminus of the railway line Levski - Trojans.

Community Trojan

Trojan is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality Trojan in the 22 villages are incorporated.

History

Archaeological finds that the region was inhabited during the Paleolithic. during the Bronze Age the Thracians settled in the region - the river Asamus (now Osam ). From that time, many discoveries of bronze and ceramic vessels, iron weapons, and jewelry originate.

As full settlement Trojan originated in the 15th century as a way station ( Wegsiedlung ) at the entrance to Troy pass. The name was given the city from the name of the street: Via Traiana - see Roman road. This road linked in the first / second Century AD. Oescus or novae on the Danube about Trojan, Philippopolis ( Via Militaris ) the Rhodope Mountains to the Via Egnatia on the Aegean Sea.

At the beginning of Ottoman Rule settled here Bulgarian settlers from the Danube plains, and from the region Chirpan, Berkovitsa, Razlog and Ohrid. In the first half of the 19th century flourished in Trojan on the craft, especially the pottery, from which emerged the unmistakable Trojan pottery school.

1868 Trojan was declared a city. During the Russo -Turkish War (1877-1878) the city was burned down by the retreating Turkish troops in 1877.

The first electric light bulb burned 1911 in Trojan. Thus, the city became the third electrified city in Bulgaria to Sofia and Plovdiv.

Attractions

In the city a special ceramic is produced, which is very popular with tourists. In addition, the city is known for its plum brandy. Culturally, particularly the Museum of Arts and Crafts and Applied Arts, St. Paraskeva Church and the recovered Nunki complex are worth mentioning with typical regional architecture. Ten kilometers southeast of Trojan is Bulgaria's third largest monastery with ancient frescoes and a valuable library, which is a popular pilgrimage destination because of an icon of the Virgin three-handed.

Demography

Trojan has 22,500 inhabitants, of which 49 % are men and 51 % women. The mortality rate is an average of 15.9 per annum, and 1000 inhabitants, the birth rate, however, at just 4.03 per annum, and 1000 inhabitants.

Twinning

  • France Vigneux -sur -Seine, France
  • Dojran Macedonia, Macedonia
  • Germany Ellwangen, Germany
  • Belarus Marjina Horka, Belarus
  • France Pernes- les -Fontaines, France
  • Italy Forli, Italy

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Stanimir Belomatschew (* 1988), ski orienteer
  • Petar Datschew (* 1979), Athlete
  • Vladimir Iliew (* 1987), biathlete
  • Emilia Yordanova (* 1989), biathlete
  • Iwa Slateschka (* 1988), biathlete
Vehicle registration plates of Bulgaria Levski, Pleven Province Svishtov Troyan Monastery Vigneux-sur-Seine Pernes-les-Fontaines
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