Strazhitsa ( bg, Стражица, Stražica, ) is a town in northeastern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
, part of
Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous
Strazhitsa Municipality, which lies in the eastern part of the Province. The town is located in the central
Danubian Plain, not far from the
Balkan Mountains, 45 kilometres northeast of the provincial capital of
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...
. As of December 2009, it has a population of 5,170 inhabitants.
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Strazhitsa has a railway station on the Sofia
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- Varna railway line, located some 33 km from the railway station of Popovo and some 27 km from the railway station of Gorna Oryahovitsa
Gorna Oryahovitsa ( bg, Горна Оряховица ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, from Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality. According to t ...
.
The town was badly damaged by an earthquake
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with a magnitude of 5.7 on 7 December 1986. Strazhitsa has an art gallery, an Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonical ...
church dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God
The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the ''Theotokos'' ("Mother of ...
, as well as a museum of local history. Strazhitsa's name comes from the Bulgarian root ''strazh'' (страж), meaning "guard".
Municipality
Strazhitsa municipality covers an area of and includes the following 22 places:
* Asenovo
* Balkantsi
* Blagoevo
* Bryagovitsa
* Gorski Senovets
* Kamen
Kamen () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Unna.
Geography
Kamen is situated at the east end of the Ruhr area, approximately 10 km south-west of Hamm and 25 km north-east of Dortmund.
Neighbouring cities ...
* Kavlak
* Kesarevo
* Lozen
Lozen (c. 1840 – June 17, 1889) was a warrior and prophet of the Chihenne Chiricahua Apache. She was the sister of Victorio, a prominent chief. Born into the Chihenne band during the 1840s, Lozen was, according to legends, able to use her po ...
* Lyubentsi
* Mirovo
* Nikolaevo
Nikolaevo ( bg, Николаево ) is a small town in Stara Zagora Province, South-central Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situa ...
* Novo Gradishte
* Nova Varbovka
* Strazhitsa
* Sushitsa
* Temenuga
* Tsarski Izvor
* Vinograd
* Vladislav
Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav' ...
* Vodno
* Zhelezartsi
References
External links
Strazhitsa municipality website
SOU"Angel Karaliichev" Strazhitsa
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Veliko Tarnovo Province
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