Iskar (town)
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Iskar is a town in central northern Bulgaria
, part of Pleven Province
. It is the administrative centre of Iskar Municipality
, which lies in the western part of the Province. The town of Iskar is located in the central Danubian Plain
, near the Iskar River, 18 kilometres from Knezha
and 32 kilometres from the provincial capital of Pleven
. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,622 inhabitants.
According to the tradition, Iskar was founded in the early 17th century as a hamlet of around 20 houses near the river. It was known as Mahalata, Gorum Mahala and Pisarevska Mahala. A private school was opened in 1829 and the church of Saint Demetrius with a religious school was built in 1837. Vasil Levski
founded a secret revolutionary committee in the village in 1872. Following the Liberation of Bulgaria
, a new school was built in 1897, with an additional storey added in 1924; the modern school building was inaugurated in 1999.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, part of Pleven Province
Pleven Province
Pleven Province is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of 4,333.54 km² with a population, as...
. It is the administrative centre of Iskar Municipality
Iskar Municipality
Iskar Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Iskar....
, which lies in the western part of the Province. The town of Iskar is located in the central Danubian Plain
Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)
The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...
, near the Iskar River, 18 kilometres from Knezha
Knezha
Knezha is a town in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Knezha Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 11,191 inhabitants....
and 32 kilometres from the provincial capital of Pleven
Pleven
Pleven is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality...
. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,622 inhabitants.
According to the tradition, Iskar was founded in the early 17th century as a hamlet of around 20 houses near the river. It was known as Mahalata, Gorum Mahala and Pisarevska Mahala. A private school was opened in 1829 and the church of Saint Demetrius with a religious school was built in 1837. Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, , is a Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule...
founded a secret revolutionary committee in the village in 1872. Following the Liberation of Bulgaria
Liberation of Bulgaria
In Bulgarian historiography, the term Liberation of Bulgaria is used to denote the events of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 that led to the re-establishment of Bulgarian state with the Treaty of San Stefano of March 3, 1878, after the complete conquest of the Second Bulgarian Empire, which...
, a new school was built in 1897, with an additional storey added in 1924; the modern school building was inaugurated in 1999.