Trilistnik ( bg, Трилистник) is a
village in southern
Bulgaria, located in
Maritsa Municipality
Maritsa Municipality ( obshtina) is located in the Plovdiv Province, southern Bulgaria on the northern bank of the Maritsa River. It has 30,676 inhabitants and consists only of villages. The municipality has thriving industry with around €400 ...
,
Plovdiv Province. The population of the village, as of June the 15th, 2020 is 836 people.
Geography
Trilistnik village is located in the
Upper Thracian Plain, 15 kilometers southeast of
Plovdiv
Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...
, near the
Stryama river and
Trakia motorway. The total land area of the village is 1183,9 ha.
History
Trilistnik was established around 1890 with the initial name of Trifil. Until the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, the village was mainly inhabited by Turks. The name "Trifil" comes from the
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
word for a
clover.
In the past, the Turkish people living there had the main livelihood of cattle breeding due to the good conditions for pasture around the area. When
Bulgaria won the
liberation war, the Turkish population fled.
Bulgarian people from the nearby villages took advantage of the abandoned good lands and relocated from neighboring villages to the village, renaming it to Trilistnik.
Infrastructure
The village has a church named "Sveta Paraskeva", which was built in
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...
, and later destroyed in the
1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes
The Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes struck central Bulgaria, south of the Sredna Gora on two separate days in April 1928. The event consisted of two main earthquakes that had a moment magnitude of 7.1 (), occurring four days apart on the 14th and 1 ...
.
The school of the village was built in 1902 and later rebuilt in 1928 with the new name of "
Otets Paisii".
There is a local community hall and library "Svetlina" which used to be in the school. It was established in 1928. The new building of the community hall was raised in 1961.
There are two monuments in the center of the village, honoring the fallen in the wars for national liberation and unification.
References
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Villages in Maritsa Municipality