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Kamenica (other)
Kamenica (Cyrillic: Каменица, also spelled as ''Kamenitsa'', from the word ''kamen'' – "stone" and the suffix ''-ica'') is a Slavic toponym that may refer to: Albania * Kamenica Tumulus (''Tuma e Kamenicës''), a neolithic tumulus close to Kamenicë, Korçë * Kamenicë, Korçë, a settlement in Korçë County * Kamicë-Flakë (''Kamenicë''), a settlement in the Qendër municipality, Malësi e Madhe District, Shkodër County, northern Albania Belarus * Kamyenyets, a town in the Brest Region Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Kamenica (Drvar), a settlement near Drvar * Kamenica (Ilijaš), a settlement near Ilijaš * Kamenica (Maglaj), a village in the municipality of Maglaj * Kamenica (Vogošća), a settlement near Vogošća * , a village near Zavidovići Republika Srpska * Kamenica (Pale), a settlement near Pale * , a village near Teslić * Kamenica (Čelinac), a settlement near Čelinac * Kamenica (Višegrad), a settlement near V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrillic Script
The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, Caucasian languages, Caucasian and Iranian languages, Iranic-speaking countries in Southeastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Asia, and East Asia. , around 250 million people in Eurasia use Cyrillic as the official script for their national languages, with Russia accounting for about half of them. With the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union on 1 January 2007, Cyrillic became the third official script of the European Union, following the Latin script, Latin and Greek alphabet, Greek alphabets. The Early Cyrillic alphabet was developed during the 9th century AD at the Preslav Literary School in the First Bulgarian Empire during the reign of tsar Simeon I of Bulgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirkovo Municipality
Mirkovo ( bg, Мирково, ) is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is the administrative centre of Mirkovo Municipality, which lies in the central eastern part of Sofia Province. The village is located in the eastern part of the Zlatitsa–Pirdop valley, 63 kilometres east of the capital Sofia, at the southern foot of the 1,787-metre Etropolska Baba Peak in the Etropole part of the Balkan Mountains. The surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic, with the Thracians and Ancient Rome, Romans populating it in Antiquity and the Slavs and Bulgars in the Middle Ages, when it was part of the First Bulgarian Empire and Second Bulgarian Empire. The village itself, however, was first mentioned in Ottoman Empire, Ottoman registers in 1430 and 1751 as ''Mirkuva''; the name is thought to originate from the South Slavs, South Slavic personal name ''Mirko'' with the placename suffix -ovo. A monastical school was established in 1825, during the Bulgarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvečan
Zvečan ( sr-Cyrl, Звечан) or Zveçan ( sq-definite, Zveçani) is a town and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has a population of 16,650 inhabitants. It covers an area of , and consists of a town and 35 villages. Zvečan is a part of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of ethnic Albanian-majority Kosovo. According to the Brussels Agreement (2013), 2013 Brussels Agreement, the municipality should become a part of the Community of Serb Municipalities once they are established. History The town of Zvečan is located near Mitrovica, Kosovo, Mitrovica. It was mentioned for the first time in connection with the border clashes between the Serbs and Byzantine Empire, Byzantines between 1091 and Battle of Zvečan, 1094. There is also an inscription that Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja, after the victory over the Byzantines in 1170, ordered that a prayer for the successful outc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamenica, Leposavić
Kamenica (, ) is a village in Leposavic municipality, northern Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro .... Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamenica, Leposavic Villages in Leposavić Serb communities in Kosovo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamenica, Kosovo
Kamenica or Dardana ( sq-definite, Kamenicë or Dardanë), or Kosovska Kamenica (Serbian Cyrillic: Косовска Каменица), is a town and municipality located in the Gjilan District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Kamenica has 7,331 inhabitants, while the municipality has 36,085 inhabitants. History Kamenica always had better than average inter-ethnic relations during the Yugoslav era. Tensions today are low because there was less violence than elsewhere during the Kosovo War.Kosovo’s youngest mayor seeks to bridge ethnic divide Demographics According to the 2011 census results, the mu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbian Language
The Sorbian languages ( hsb, serbska rěč, dsb, serbska rěc) are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavic ethno-cultural minority in the Lusatia region of Eastern Germany. They are classified under the West Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages and are therefore closely related to the other two West Slavic subgroups: Lechitic and Czech–Slovak.About Sorbian Language by Helmut Faska, Historically, the languages have also been known as Wendish (named after the |
Chemnitz
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden. The city is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region, and lies in the middle of a string of cities sitting in the densely populated northern foreland of the Elster and Ore Mountains, stretching from Plauen in the southwest via Zwickau, Chemnitz and Freiberg to Dresden in the northeast. Located in the Ore Mountain Basin, the city is surrounded by the Ore Mountains to the south and the Central Saxon Hill Country to the north. The city stands on the Chemnitz River (progression: ), which is formed through the confluence of the rivers Zwönitz and Würschnitz in the borough of Altchemnitz. The name of the city as well as the names of the rivers are of Slavic origin. Chemnitz is the third larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamenz
Kamenz () or Kamjenc ( Sorbian) is a town (''Große Kreisstadt'') in the district of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany. Until 2008 it was the administrative seat of Kamenz District. The town is known as the birthplace of the philosopher and poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Bruno Hauptmann, convicted kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby. It lies north-east of the major city of Dresden. Geography This small town is located in the west of the Upper Lusatia historic region (West Lusatia), about northeast of Dresden and about northwest of Bautzen. Situated on the Black Elster river, between the West Lusatian Hills and the Lusatian Highlands rising in the south, the town was built on greywacke and granite rocks which were mined here for centuries. Kamenz railway station is the terminus of Lübbenau–Kamenz and Kamenz–Pirna railway lines. It is served by '' Regionalbahn'' trains from Dresden Hauptbahnhof, operated by the Städtebahn Sachsen. The Hutberg hill west of the town centre, at an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinje
Brinje is a municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia, located about 35 miles from Gospić. The town is formed around a castle called ''Sokolac'', which contains one of the most well preserved Gothic chapels in Croatia, St. Marys, which dates back to the 14th century. The Sokolac Castle in the town is named after the Croatian word for falcon (''sokol''), which appears on the town's coat of arms. History Brinje's history dates back to medieval times, while the town was held by the noble Frankopan and Gorjanski families. Brinje was important medieval fortified city held by Frenkopan family. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Brinje was part of the Lika-Krbava County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. It is some 60 km north of Gospić, on once important road, the " Josephina", passing from the hinterland through the Kapela pass towards the coast in Senj. The new highway that is built brought much needed prosperity to Brinje. Villages According to 2001 cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamenica Skradnička
Kamenica Skradnička is a village in Croatia, under the Tounj municipality, in Karlovac County Karlovac County ( hr, Karlovačka županija) is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side star fort in the 16th cen .... References {{Croatia-geo-stub Geography of Croatia Populated places in Karlovac County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepoglava
Lepoglava is a town in Varaždin County, northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, west of Ivanec, and northeast of Krapina. Demographics A total of 8,283 residents in the municipality (2011 census) live in the following settlements: * Bednjica, population 209 * Crkovec, population 188 * Donja Višnjica, population 542 * Gornja Višnjica, population 271 * Jazbina Višnjička, population 25 * Kamenica, population 141 * Kamenički Vrhovec, population 205 * Kameničko Podgorje, population 322 * Lepoglava, population 4,174 * Muričevec, population 195 * Očura, population 188 * Viletinec, population 173 * Vulišinec, population 237 * Zalužje, population 162 * Zlogonje, population 412 * Žarovnica, population 839 History Lepoglava is probably best known for hosting the main Croatian prison, the Lepoglava prison. In 1854, a monastery of the Pauline Fathers was transformed by the authorities into a prison. In the twentieth century, the prison was used to intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
