Cherven Bryag (, ) is a town in northern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
, a capital of the
Cherven Bryag municipality,
Pleven Province. It is situated on the right shore of the
Zlatna Panega in river Iskar, 137 km northeast of
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
, 53 km south-west of
Pleven, 12 km northwest of
Lukovit, 56 km east of
Vratsa, and 55 km south of
Oryahovo. The name means "red shore" and refers to the reddish
clay
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in the vicinity of the river. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 13,856.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009]
Cherven Bryag is a medieval settlement mentioned in 1431 in
Ottoman registers as Dobrolak. Under its present name Cherven Bryag was first recorded in the 16th century as part of the Ottoman region of
Nikopol. On 26 June 1929, Prime Minister
Andrey Lyapchev proclaimed the former village and station a town.
Cherven Bryag is a railway station on the line
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
-
Gorna Oryahovitsa-
Varna/
Ruse. It first appeared as a railway station settlement in 1899 on the newly built Sofia-Varna railway line.
Cherven Bryag
/ref> Cherven Bryag was a starting point of a narrow-gauge railway line to Byala Slatina and Oryahovo, as well as of a normal railway line to Lukovit and Zlatna Panega. Today those lines are no more, out of service. The railway station is in the southwestern end of the town, opposite the central area.
Among the local landmarks, the St. Sophronius of Vratsa Church located in the central part of the town is notable.
Notable people
* Lyuben Dilov (1927-2008), writer, translator, editor
* Margarita Lilowa (1935–2012), Austrian opera singer
* Daniel Pavlov (born 1967), athlete
* Tsvetomira Filipova (born 1969), rhythmic gymnast
* Lyubomir Neikov (born 1972), actor and comedian
Gallery
File:Cherven Bryag Central Square.jpg, The Central Square with the Cherven Bryag Municipality Building
File:Cherven Bryag Post office.JPG, The Post Office
File:Cherven bryag church.JPG, Saint Sophronius of Vratsa Church in Cherven Bryag
File:Cherven Bryag Train Station.JPG, The Cherven Bryag railway station
File:Hotel Taganrog.JPG, Taganrog Hotel in Cherven Bryag
References
External links
Official website of Cherven Bryag municipality
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Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Pleven Province