Parvenets ( ) is a village in the

Plovdiv Province Plovdiv Province (: ''Oblast Plovdiv'', former name okrug, Plovdiv okrug) is a provinces of Bulgaria, province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, ''obshtini'', sing. общинa, ''obshtina'') on a territ ...

, southern

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 ...

. As 2024, the village has 3,635 inhabitants.

Geography

Parvenets has a strategic situation in the

Upper Thracian Plain The Upper Thracian Plain (, ''Gornotrakiyska nizina'') constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace. It is located in southern Bulgaria, between Sredna Gora mountains to the north and west, a secondary mountain chain parallel ...

, where it meets the northern foothills of the Chernatitsa Ridge of the

Rhodope Mountains The Rhodopes (; , ; , ''Rodopi''; ) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in Greece. Golyam Perelik is its highest peak ...

at an altitude of about 420 m. It lies on the river Parvenetska reka, a right tributary of the

Maritsa Maritsa or Maritza ( ), also known as Evros ( ) and Meriç ( ), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of ,

. The village falls within the transitional continental climatic zone. The soils are mainly

alluvial Alluvium (, ) is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit. Alluvium is ...

and cinnamon forest. Administratively, Parvenets is situated in

Rodopi Municipality Rodopi municipality () is situated in the Plovdiv Province, southern Bulgaria. the population is 33,111. It occupies parts of the Upper Thracian Plain to the south of Plovdiv and the northernmost slopes of the central Rhodope Mountains, Rhodopi ...

in the southern part of

. The village has a territory of 16.491 km², bordering the villages of Markovo to the east, Hrabrino to the south, Brestovitsa to the west, as well as the

Komatevo Komatevo () is a neighbourhood of the city of Plovdiv, southern Bulgaria. 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 cente ...

neighbourhood of Plovdiv some 3 km to the northeast. It lies on the third class III-862 road that links the provincial center of

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

with the

spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to pre ...

village of Mihalkovo in the Rhodope Mountains.

History and landmarks

Parvenets has a rich history. During the different periods it was called ''Varlovo'', ''Dermendere'', ''Ferdinandovo''. From the

Antiquity Antiquity or Antiquities may refer to: Historical objects or periods Artifacts *Antiquities, objects or artifacts surviving from ancient cultures Eras Any period before the European Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries) but still within the histo ...

and the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

and especially during the

Bulgarian National Revival The Bulgarian Revival (, ''Balgarsko vazrazhdane'' or simply: Възраждане, ''Vazrazhdane'', and ), sometimes called the Bulgarian National Revival, was a period of socio-economic development and national integration among Bulgarian pe ...

of the 19th century the village was a center of dynamic economic and cultural life. In 1846 the Gyumyushgerdan brothers inaugurated the second factory in Bulgaria after the textile enterprise of Dobri Zhelyazkov in

Sliven Sliven ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. It is situated in the Sliven Valley at the foothills of th ...

. After the

Liberation of Bulgaria The Liberation of Bulgaria is the historical process as a result of the Bulgarian Revival. In Bulgarian historiography, the liberation of Bulgaria refers to those events of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) that led to the re-establishme ...

in 1878 the village was part of the autonomous province of

Eastern Rumelia Eastern Rumelia (; ; ) was an autonomous province (''oblast'' in Bulgarian, ''vilayet'' in Turkish) of the Ottoman Empire with a total area of , which was created in 1878 by virtue of the Treaty of Berlin (1878), Treaty of Berlin and ''de facto'' ...

. On 25 and 26 July 1885 during the meeting of the

Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee (BSCRC) was a Bulgarian revolutionary organization founded in Plovdiv, then in Eastern Rumelia on February 10, 1885. The original purpose of the committee was to gain autonomy for the region of Mac ...

in the village

Zahari Stoyanov Zahariy Stoyanov (; archaic: ) (1850 – 2 September 1889), born Dzhendo Stoyanov Dzhedev (), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, writer, and historian. A participant in the April Uprising of 1876, he became its first historiographer with his bo ...

was chosen a new chairman and the decision for the

Unification of Bulgaria The Unification of Bulgaria () was the act of unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and the province of Eastern Rumelia in the autumn of 1885. It was co-ordinated by the Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee (BSCRC). Both had ...

was taken, which successfully took place several weeks later. There are two churches, the Church of St Fotinia built between 1700 and 1830, and the Church of St Constantine and Helen constructed in 1879. The local cultural center, known in Bulgarian as a ''

chitalishte A ''chitalishte'' (, ) is a traditional Bulgarian public institution and building that fulfills several functions at once, such as a community centre, public library, and a theatre. It is also used as an educational institution, where people o ...

'', was established after the 1878 and its current building was constructed in 1961. The local school was established in 1856–1857. The main village fair takes place on 21 May.

Economy

The village lies in a fertile agricultural region and has one of the largest vegetable markets in Bulgaria. The main crops include vegetables, grapes and orchards. There are several small industrial workshops. There is a

hail Hail is a form of solid Precipitation (meteorology), precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailsto ...

suppression center in Parvenets.

Citations

References

* * {{Rodopi Municipality Villages in Plovdiv Province