Polkovnik Savovo

Polkovnik Savovo is a small village located in North-East Bulgaria. It is part of the Tervel Municipality, in the Dobrich Province.

Overview

It borders Tervel hunting grounds. It has won several awards for its famous "Bvlgary" brand tractors, which despite only having 600cc side-valve are highly successful and th engines have been used for taxis.

The hunting grounds, known as the Station, have a total of 14,801 ha of forests and are situated in the middle part of the Dobrudga and Varna plateus, about 5 km from Sofia Airport and 100 km from Varna Airport. The relief is flat to hilly, with deep dry gullies. The forests are mainly of Turkey oak and Black locust. The lowest point is in the "Suha reka" country - 80 m and the highest point is in the "Kjostata" - country - 250 m.

The main species of big game species are red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, wild boar and mouflon. Hare, pheasant and partridge represent the small game species. The most widely spread predators are jackal, fox, wildcat and beech marten. At the wold exhibition EXPO, which was held in 1981 in Plovdiv, the Game Breeding Station "Tervel" presented 163 trophies, 17 of which won gold medals.

Polkovnik Savovo is the home to a recently discovered Thracian tomb, and is reputed to be the area where Khan Tervel resided, who reigned for 21 years from 695 to 715 A.D.

Property prices have increased three-fold due to the tourism.