Obidim

Coordinates: 41°47′N 023°39′E / 41.783°N 23.65°E / 41.783; 23.65

Obidim^[1] (Bulgarian: Обидим) is a village (село) in southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Bansko Municipality (Община Банско) of the Blagoevgrad Province (област Благоевград).

As of 2006 it has 141 inhabitants. The village was founded in the 14th century. During the Ottoman rule, the local population strongly preserved the Bulgarian patriotic spirit and as a result the village was burned down in 1903 and 1912 when it was finally liberated. In the land of the village has a total of 13 churches, chapels, iconostasis and a monastery. Church of Saint Nicholas Chudotvorets was built in 1842 and consecrated in 1843.

Obidim Peak on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village.^[2]

References

1. ^ Obidim, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria at GEOnet Names Server
2. ^ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

• Obidim village internet page (English) (Bulgarian)