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Xinovrysi ( el, Ξινόβρυση, before 1927: Μπεστίνικα - ''Bestinika''Name changes of settlements in Greece
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Xinovrysi on GTP Travel Pages
/ref>) is a village in the Pelion area in Magnesia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Argalasti. Xinovrysi is 3.5 km northeast of Argalasti, 7 km north of
Promyri
Promyri ( el, Προμύρι) is a village in Magnesia, Greece. The stone-built village of Promyri clings to the steep hillsides of a long valley reaching the sea at Katigiorgis. The main road bypasses the village so it is quiet and free from traf ...
and 30 km southeast of Volos. Its population in 2011 was 164 for the village, and 213 for the community, which includes the village Potistika.
Population
History
The former name of the town was ''Bestinika'' or ''Bistinika'' (Μπεστινίκα). The historianYannis Kordatos
Yanis Kordatos ( el, Γιάνης Κορδάτος; 1 February 1891 – 29 April 1961) was a Greek Marxist historian, sociologist and politician. Kordatos wrote over twenty historical works dealing with Ancient, Byzantine, and Modern Greek history ...
describes the origin of the name Bistinika that comes from the Slavic word pestinik or pecnik which means oven
upA double oven
A ceramic oven
An oven is a tool which is used to expose materials to a hot environment. Ovens contain a hollow chamber and provide a means of heating the chamber in a controlled way. In use since antiquity, they have been us ...
. Other think that the origin of the previous name came from the Greek word for narrow, one of its areas are built in a narrow area that are filled with two and three hilltops.
During the Ottoman Period, Bestinika was the mahala of Argalasti. In the mid-19th century, the village had 65 to 80 houses and around 325 inhabitants, cultivating olives, grapes, figs and fruits. The village was not wealthy and it did not have a school. It participated in the revolts against the Ottomans in 1821, 1823, 1854 and 1878. It is said that the Ottomans set fire to the village in the 1823 revolt.
After the liberation of Thessaly in 1881, Bestinika became a part of the municipality of Spalathra
Spalathra ( grc, Σπάλαθρα) or Spalauthra (Σπάλαυθρα), also called Spalethre (Σπαλέθρη) and Spalathron (Σπάλαθρον), was a town and polis (city-state) of Magnesia, in ancient Thessaly, upon the Pagasetic Gulf. It i ...
, which had its seat in Argalasti. Besides Argalasti and Bestinika the municipality also contained the villages Metochi, Bir πιρ(now Kallithea) and Ski κι(now Syki).
In 1914, Bestinika became an independent community and opened a school. In 1927, the name was officially changed to Xinovrysi, after its sour spring. During the difficult wartime periods of World War II and the Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος όλεμος ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom ...
, and also after the wars, many of its inhabitants left for larger towns and cities including Volos. Its nearby beaches at the Aegean Sea (Mourtitsa, Potistika, Kourites and Melani) have been attracting tourists. Nevertheless, population kept declining, and the local school closed in the 1990s. In 1998, Xinovrysi became a municipal district of the enlarged municipality of Argalasti.
External links
Xinovrysi on GTP Travel Pages
See also
* List of settlements in the Magnesia regional unitReferences
{{Argalasti Populated places in Pelion