Han Krum ( bg, Хан Крум) is a village in the municipality of

Preslav The modern Veliki Preslav or Great Preslav ( bg, Велики Преслав, ), former Preslav ( bg, link=no, Преслав; until 1993), is a city and the seat of government of the Veliki Preslav Municipality (Great Preslav Municipality, new B ...

Shumen Province Shumen Province ( bg, Област Шумен, transliterated ''Oblast Shumen'', former name Shumen okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria named after its main city Shumen. It is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population, as ...

, north-eastern

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. As of 2007 it has 408 inhabitants. Up to 1899 the village was called Chatalar and was then renamed to Tsar Krum and in 1977 to Khan Krum, after

Krum Krum ( bg, Крум, el, Κροῦμος/Kroumos), often referred to as Krum the Fearsome ( bg, Крум Страшни) was the Khan of Bulgaria from sometime between 796 and 803 until his death in 814. During his reign the Bulgarian territor ...

who ruled Bulgaria between 803 and 814. According to some historians the

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episcopal see of

Ulfilas Ulfilas (–383), also spelled Ulphilas and Orphila, all Latinized forms of the unattested Gothic form *𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰 Wulfila, literally "Little Wolf", was a Goth of Cappadocian Greek descent who served as a bishop and missionary ...

was located on the site of the village. There are remains of churches dated to 4th and 5th centuries. The old Bulgarian

Palace of Omurtag The Palace of Omurtag or Aul (''Aulē'') of Omurtag ( bg, Аул на Омуртаг, ''Aul na Omurtag'') is an archaeological site in northeastern Bulgaria dating to Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages located near the village of Han Krum in ...

, also known as Aul of Omurtag was discovered in the surroundings of the village. The palace is dated to the constructions of Khan

Omurtag Omurtag (or Omortag) ( bg, Омуртаг; original gr, Μορτάγων and Ομουρτάγ', Inscription No.64. Retrieved 10 April 2012.) was a Great Khan (''Kanasubigi'') of Bulgaria from 814 to 831. He is known as "the Builder". In the very ...

(814-831) based on the Chatalar Inscription. A rock monastery is situated close to the village based on a natural cave which was later expanded.

Sources

* Тодор Балабанов. Отново за готите и епископския център от IV-V в. до с. Хан Крум, Шуменско. - Във: Великотърновският университет "Св. Св. Кирил и Методий" и българската археология - 1. Велико Търново, УИ "Св. св. Кирил и Методий" - Велико Търново, 2010.

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{{Veliki Preslav Villages in Shumen Province