- Gostilya
Gostilya ( _bg. Гостиля; also transliterated "Gostilja") is a village in central northern
Bulgaria , located inDolna Mitropoliya municipality,Pleven Province . It was founded in 1890 by 133 families ofRoman Catholic Banat Bulgarians from Stár Bišnov (Dudeştii Vechi ) and Ivanovo in what was thenAustria-Hungary . It was later also settled byBanat Swabians "(seeGermans in Bulgaria )",Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians andAromanians from Macedonia, as well as Banat Bulgarians from other villages. A school was built in 1893, the Roman Catholic church was opened in 1904 and the local community centre ("chitalishte ") was founded in 1926. Gostilya was once the poorest of the Banat Bulgarian villages in Bulgaria because it had a limited common. In 1939, the local Roman Catholic community numbered 1,091. 33 Banat Swabians left Gostilya in 1943 due toNazi Germany 's "Heim ins Reich " policy.As of 2008, Gostilya has a population of 289 [http://grao.bg/tna/tab02.txt] and the mayor is Mariana Romanova. The village lies at coord|43|34|N|24|14|E, 51
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