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Berkovitsa (Bulgarian: Берковица [bɛrˈkɔvit͡sɐ]) is a town and ski resort in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana Province and is close to the town of Varshets. As of December 2009^[update], it has a population of 13,917 inhabitants.[1]

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Berkovitsa
Berkovitsa Location of Berkovitsa
Coordinates: 43°14′N 23°7′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Montana
Government
• Mayor	Dimitranka Kamenova
Elevation	371 m (1,217 ft)
Population  (01.02.2011)[1]
• City	13,463
• Urban	18,822
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	3500
Area code(s)	0953

Location and history

Berkovitsa is situated on the northern slope of Kom Peak of the Berkovska Stara Planina Mountain along the valley of the Berkovitsa River, which is a tributary to the Barziya River, at an altitude above sea level 405 m. The town was mentioned for the first time in Ottoman documents of 1488.[2] It is near the site of an old fortified settlement on the road from Sofia to Lom. The remains of the fortress and a church were discovered on high ground at Kaleto, just to the west of the present-day town. The former settlement was known as early as the reign of King Kaloyan and was mentioned as a border settlement in the period of the Vidin Kingdom.

Berkovitsa Glacier, on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, is named for Berkovitsa.

History

The region was involved in the Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin (1408 - 1413) and the Chiprovtsi Uprising (1688). At the end of August 1872, Vasil Levski arrived in Berkovitsa, together with the chairman of the Vratsa Revolutionary Committee, Mito Ankov.

Religion

Christianity

In the late antique fortress Kaleto, located on a hill north of Berkovitsa, a large bishopric complex was built during early Christianity.

• Orthodox church of Nativity of Mary

Judaism

Until 1947, there was a significant Jewish community in Berkovitsa and there was a functioning synagogue.

Economy

Transportation

Berkovitsa has a terminus railway station. It is connected to Montana and has access to the railway connecting Vidin and Vratsa. There are four trains per day.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Berkovitsa is twinned with:

• Dzerzhinsky, Russia[3]
• Zaječar, Serbia
• Dimitrovgrad, Serbia

Gallery

• 
  Berkovitsa Square
• 
  Clock tower
• 
  peak Kom
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  Orthodox Church
• 
  Town museum
• 
  House-museum of Ivan Vazov

Notable natives

• Timo Angelov, revolutionary, member of IMARO

References

External links

• Official website
• Nikola Gruev’s photo gallery of Berkovitsa
• Berkovitsa at Domino.bg

На других языках

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[de] Berkowiza

Berkowiza (bulgarisch: Берковица) ist eine Stadt im Nordwesten Bulgariens. Sie liegt in der Oblast Montana und ist in der Oblast die drittgrößte Stadt nach Montana und Lom. Berkowiza ist das administrative Zentrum der gleichnamigen Gemeinde Berkowiza.

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- [en] Berkovitsa

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[ru] Берковица

Берковица (или Берковац или Берковец[2]; болг. Берковица) — город в Болгарии. Находится в Монтанской области, входит в общину Берковица. Население составляет 14 768 человек.

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