Petko voyvoda monument in Asimi-Doganhisar

Aisymi (

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: Αισύμη,

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: Дуган Хисар, ''Dugan hisar'', tr, Doğanhisar) is a village in the southern part of the Evros regional unit,

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

. It is located next to the Greek National Road 53, about 20 km north of the city of

Alexandroupoli Alexandroupolis ( el, Αλεξανδρούπολη, ), Alexandroupoli, or Alexandrople is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros regional unit. It is the largest city in Western Thrace and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. It h ...

. In 2011 its population was 193 for the village and 253 for the community, including the village

Leptokarya Leptokarya ( el, Λεπτοκαρυά, ''Leptokaryá'') is a town in Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece, former seat of East Olympos municipality, which is part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos. The distance from Katerini is 26&n ...

Population

History

Aisymi dates back to the ancient times as an ancient settlement. Like the rest of

Western Thrace Western Thrace or West Thrace ( el, �υτικήΘράκη, '' ytikíThráki'' ; tr, Batı Trakya; bg, Западна/Беломорска Тракия, ''Zapadna/Belomorska Trakiya''), also known as Greek Thrace, is a geographic and histori ...

, it was ruled by the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

since the 14th century. It remained under Ottoman rule until the Balkan Wars of

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...

. At that time, Aisymi (then known as ''Doğanhisar'', ''Dugan Hisar'' in Bulgarian) was a

speaking village like many parts of today's

Evros prefecture Evros ( el, Περιφερειακή ενότητα Έβρου) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Its name is derived from the river Evros, which appears to have been a Thracian hydronym ...

. The population in 1912 consisted of 400

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. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.

People born in Aisymi

* Kiro Chelekov,

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n revolutionary * Petko Kiryakov (Captain Petko Voyvoda) (1844–1900),

hajduk A hajduk ( hu, hajdúk, plural of ) is a type of irregular infantry found in Central and parts of Southeast Europe from the late 16th to mid 19th centuries. They have reputations ranging from bandits to freedom fighters depending on time, p ...

leader and revolutionary who fought in

and

Rhodope Rhodope may refer to: * Rhodope (mythology), a figure of Greek mythology * Rhodope Mountains, in Bulgaria and Greece * Rhodope (regional unit) Rhodope ( el, Ροδόπη, ''Rodópi'' ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the reg ...

. * Mara Mihailova (1900–1989), Bulgarian folklorist and journalist

Footnotes

External links

Aissymi on GTP Travel Pages
{{Alexandroupoli Alexandroupolis Populated places in Evros (regional unit)