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Brezovo
Brezovo ( bg, Брезово ) is a town in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in Plovdiv oblast and is close to the town of Rakovski. Populated places The following towns and villages are located inside the territory of Brezovo municipality: * Babek * Borets * Brezovo * Chehlare * Choba * Drangovo * Otec Kirilovo * Padarsko * Rozovec * Svezhen * Streltsi , image = 01 106 Book illustrations of Historical description of the clothes and weapons of Russian troops.jpg , image_size = , alt = , caption = , dates = 1550–1720 , disbanded = , country = Tsardom of Russia , allegiance = Streltsy D ... * Sarnegor * Tyurkmen * Varben * Zelenikovo * Zlatosel Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Plovdiv Province {{Plovdiv-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borets
Borets is a village in Southern Bulgaria, in Brezovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province. The population of the town is 699 people as of 2020. Geography Borets village is located 37 kilometers North East of Plovdiv and 16 kilometers West of Brezovo and 14 kilometers North West of Rakovski (town). The village's terrain is plane and has an average altitude of 200 meters above sea level. The climate in the area is soft and moderate. During the winter months the average temperature is around 0ºС, while during the summer it averages around 26ºС. In the area of Brezovo municipality there are 82 dams which makes the area a good place for water sports and water tourism. Pavel Banya, a mineral springs touristic town is located around 57 kilometers North-East of the village. Culture and infrastructure Borets has a good infrastructure with electricity and a source of water, a well-functioning sewage, and an access to internet, television and telephone lines. There is a community cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plovdiv (region)
Plovdiv Province ( bg, Област Пловдив: ''Oblast Plovdiv'', former name Plovdiv okrug) is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, ''obshtini'', sing. общинa, ''obshtina'') on a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 with a population, as of February 2011, of 683,027 inhabitants. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre — the city of . Geography< ...
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Sarnegor
Sarnegor ( bg, Сърнегор) is a village in southern Bulgaria, located in the Municipality of Brezovo, Plovdiv Province. As of 15th of June 2020, the village has a population of 78 people with a current address registered there. Geography Sarnegor village is located at the foothills of the Sredna Gora mountain range, at an altitude of 430 meters above sea level. History and Culture During World War II, on the 26rd of June 1944 a US bombardier aircraft B-17 crashed with sergeant Harold James piloting it. Chased by the authorities, the pilot was captured near Sarnegor and brought in the village for trial. Bulgarian partisans attacked the village and took the pilot. James spends time with his saviors before returning to the United States. In 2013, the population raised their concern due to the lack of a postal office, police officers or public transport in the area. The public transport of the village has declared bankruptcy. Moreover, there wasn't an active medical practit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babek, Plovdiv Province
Babek () is a village in Southern Bulgaria, in Municipality Brezovo, Plovdiv Province. The current population count of the village is 42 people as of 2020. Geography Babek is located in Sredna Gora mountain range, north of Svezhen village, and east of Rozovec village. The western neighboring village of Babek is Zlatosel and the southern one is Zelenikovo. The climate and soil conditions are favourable for the cultivation of oil roses and different essential oil crops. History and culture During the Balkan wars, one person from Babek village volunteered in the Bulgarian army during 1912. The majority of the population are Orthodox Christians in terms of religious beliefs. It is believed that the village has been moved a few times in a perimeter between 5 and 7 kilometers. The reason for the relocation has been stated to be attacks under the Ottoman rule over Bulgaria (1396-1878). Local legends believe that the formation of the village started due to an old woman relocating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelenikovo, Plovdiv Province
Zelenikovo is a village in Southern Bulgaria, located in Brezovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province. As of June 2020, the village has a population count of 282 people total. Geography Zelenikovo village is located in the southern hills of the most elevated part of the Sarnena Sredna Gora geographical area in Bulgaria. It combines a mountainous and flat terrain. The climate, and the geographical location of the village make it a suitable center for the development of oil rose cultivation and the rose oil processing industry to emerge and sustain itself. The oil rose processed in the area is of high quality and as of the last 50 years, there has been an increase in plantation numbers near the village. The village offers good conditions for rural tourism. The reason for that is the presence of dams, rivers, mountains and hills nearby. The municipality's leadership has announced that the development of the tourism will be a focus in their future years. Conditions are being created to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyurkmen, Plovdiv Povince
Tyurkmen is a village in Southern Bulgaria, Plovdiv Province, Brezovo municipality. As of 15 June 2020, the current population of the village is 240 people. The village is located at an altitude of 196 meters above sea level. Infrastructure There is a library but there is no school in the village. There are around 30 children in the village who travel on a daily basis to Brezovo to attend school. Due to the bad road conditions, the school bus often passed through the open fields, instead of the road. The transport is organized by the town hall. In 2018, villagers rose to a protest against dangerous road infrastructure between nearby villages. In 2014, an illegal Marijuana farmhouse was busted in the area by the police force. There is also a nearby dam with a large population of Carps, crucians, and redfin fish. There is a wide variety of bird species, living around it. Nearby Sight Seeings In a neighboring village Granit, the oldest tree in Bulgaria can be found, a 1668 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svezhen
Svezhen ( bg, Свежен) is a village located in southern Bulgaria, in municipality of Brezovo, Plovdiv Province. It is located in the Sredna Gora mountain range. Svezhen is 32 kilometers away from Karlovo and 68 km away from Plovdiv. The latest data for 2020 shows a population of 208 people. Geography Svezhen village is located at an altitude of 720 meters and covers an area of roughly 60 km2 The village is situated higher than the neighboring villages, thus the climate is colder during the winter and the summer is not as warm. The winter is snowy and lasts from early November until April. The spring season is short and cold and the summer is short. Rainfall increases during autumn months. Almost all wind currents that pass through Bulgaria also pass through Svezhen. The local people call the north east wind "The Upper wind" and the Northwest wind "The bottom wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padarsko
Padarsko is a village in Southern Bulgaria, Brezovo municipality, Plovdiv Province. As of 15 June 2020, the current population of the village is 576 people. The former name of the village until 1934 used to be Kurudzhilare. Geography Padarsko village is located 30 kilometers away from Plovdiv. The majority of the population in the village is elderly people. Most houses in the village are constructed out of handmade adobe bricks. The soil in the area is very fertile and many sorts of vegetables and fruits are cultivated by local people in the area. Institutions and infrastructure There is a secondary school "Otets Paisiy" in the village, which teaches kids from 1st to 12th grade in one shift. Moreover, the village has a Community Center "Hristo Botev" with a library. The "Hristo Botev" Community center was established in 1927 and is still functioning. In early 2020, the villagers raised their complaints to the local Municipality due to polluted drinking water. In the tap wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlatosel
Zlatosel ( bg, Златосел) is a village in southern Bulgaria, located in Brezovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province. The population of the village as of June 2020 is 88 people. Geography The village is located in a semi-mountainous area, on the southern slopes of Sarnena Sredna Gora mountain range. The surrounding hills are famous for being a good place for the cultivation of oil roses. There is a river that passes through the village it's called the Zlatoselska river, and is called after the name of the village. In the upper part of the village, and later through its course it feeds the Dondukovo Dam, and flows into the Maritsa river. the river runs steep and springs from the ridges of Sarnena Sredna Gora, north of the village. During the summer, the water in the river is low. Sightseeing Plochata Megalith Structure Near the village Zlatosel, there is a site called "Plochata" - a peak in the Balkan Mountains. The height of the stone is more than 2.5 meters, and it h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streltsi, Plovdiv Province
Streltsi is a village in Southern Bulgaria. It's located in municipality Brezovo, Plovdiv Province. Until the year 1934 the village bore the name Kadurshikli or Kadurshik. As of 2020, the village has a population of 389 people. Geography The village is located 39 kilometers away from the center of Plovdiv and lies on an altitude of 250 meters above sea level. The air in the village is saturated with negatively charged electrons, making the air insusceptible to fog and air pollution. For this reason, in 1969 a children's hospital for treatment of pulmonary diseases and asthma was founded. In 2006 the hospital was closed due to financial issues. There is an oak tree with an age of over 400 years near the village, which was announced as a protected specimen in February 2009. The oak is located on the coast of Suho dere river. It is tall, around 25 meters and has a circumference of more than 4 meters. There are large carps and crucian fish in the rivers near the village. Infrast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chehlare
Chehlare, with a former name of Morozovo (09.04.1950 - 23.09.1969), is a village located in Southern Bulgaria, Plovdiv Province, Municipality Brezovo. The permanent population of the village is 58, and the villagers with a current address Chehlare are counted to be 110. Geography Chehlare was first established as a settlement by Bulgarians fleeing from Ottoman soldiers during the Ottoman rule in Bulgaria. The initial name of the village was Morozovo. The village's agriculture is focused around the cultivation of roses. The rose oil played a major part in the village's economical well being even during Ottoman rule. The climate and soil conditions are favorable for the cultivation of roses. History In 1853 the villagers write a plead to the Ottoman rule to ask for a church. They collect coin from all parts of Bulgaria and eventually succeed to raise a temple. Nowadays, the temple is in ruin. Villagers from Chehlare have participated in the Russo-Ottoman wars and have been taki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rozovec
Rozovets is a village in Southern Bulgaria, in Brezovo municipality, Plovdiv Province. As of 15 June 2020, the village had a population of 145 inhabitants with a current address there. Geography Rozovets is located 50 kilometers North East away from Plovdiv, in the South foot of the three highest peaks of Sarnena Sredna Gora geographical area. The East border of Rozovets is with Slavyani and Chehlare, and in the South it borders with the area of Zelenikovo. In the South West, it's neighboring village is Babek. Whereas in the South West – Svezhen. The forests around the village have an area of 18,500 decares, while the village's total area encompasses 50,000 decares. The largest river in the area is river Rozovecka, which springs from right under peak Bratan. The soils in the area are brown forest dark, transitional and light, and black soil-resin. There are not any active erosion processes in the area. History The remains near the village, bearing the name "Kaleto" are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
