Komatevo ( bg, Коматево) is a neighbourhood of the city of
Plovdiv, southern
Bulgaria
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. It has 6,500 inhabitants.
Komatevo was a village up to 1969 when it was incorporated into Plovdiv together with
Proslav. The neighbourhood is connected to the city center through the Komatevo highway. There are also roads to the villages of
Markovo and
Parvenets.
History
The first sources for the existence of Komatevo are from 1477. The settlement was formed by Christian soldiers enjoying special privileges in 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) ...
. Every year for a six months period (from 1 April to 2 October) they took care of the sultan's stables near Plovdiv or participated in the convoy of the imperial army during campaigns. According to one of the legends, when the sultan passed through the village for the first time, he was impressed by how small it was and said: "It's as small as a loaf of bread!"("Комат" in Bulgarian). Hence the name Komatevo. At the outbreak of the
Balkan War
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defea ...
in 1912, four people from Komatevo were volunteers in the
Macedonian-Edirne militia.
["Macedonian-Edirne Militia 1912-1913. Personnel", General Directorate of Archives, 2006, p. 852.]
References
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Neighbourhoods in Plovdiv