- Loznitsa
) is a town in northeastern
Bulgaria , part ofRazgrad Province , located in the geographic region ofLudogorie . It is the administrative centre of Loznitsa municipality, which lies in the southern part of Razgrad Province.In Antiquity,
Thracians and Romans inhabited the area; there are also traces of a Bulgarian settlement dating to the 7th-11th century, the time of theFirst Bulgarian Empire . The old Ottoman Turkish name of Loznitsa was "Kubadın" and it was first mentioned in a register in 1573. Around the time of theLiberation of Bulgaria , present Loznitsa was a village of 66 households according toRussia n data. In the early 20th century, Bulgarians from theBalkan Mountains settled in the village. A school was built in 1908, and the local community centre ("chitalishte ") "Probuda" was founded in 1912.In 1934, the old Turkish name was changed to the Bulgarian "Loznitsa", honouring the region's viticultural traditions ("loza" means "
vine " in Bulgarian). On4 September 1974 , the village was proclaimed a town. Loznitsa has a mixed population ofTurks ,Bulgarians and Roma. The town is twinned with theKüçükçekmece suburb ofIstanbul ,Turkey .Municipality
Loznitsa municipality includes the following 16 places:
External links
* [http://www.loznitsa.bg/ Loznitsa municipality website] bg icon tr icon en icon
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