ASSENOVO /
ASENOVO
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Assenovo / Asenovo (Bulgarian: Асеново) is a village in northern Bulgaria, part of Nikopol municipality, Pleven Province. It was founded in 1892 by 203 Roman Catholic households of Bulgarians returning to Bulgaria from the Banat. They came mainly from the village of Vinga, but also from Dudeștii Vechi (Stár Bišnov), Konak and Breştea (Brešćа).
The village is located 24 km from Nikopol and 28 km from Pleven, on the main road between the two towns. It has an area of about 1.36 km2. Asenovo's design features straight, narrow streets and 12,000 m2 lots, each divided in four 3,000 m2 yards. Most of the houses have a specific Banat architecture, being narrow and long towards the yard and having a more sharp-pointed roof than the typical Eastern Orthodox Bulgarian houses.
Assenovo is named after the medieval Bulgarian Asen dynasty. The village has a Catholic church (of the Holy Trinity) and a chitalishte (читалище, "community centre"), which was founded in 1927 and named after Petar Parchevich. It contains a large and a small hall and a library. Asenovo's Banat Folklore Group is known for winning a total of 18 gold medals at the 5th and 6th National Fair of Folk Art in Koprivshtitsa. |
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Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Assenovo, Pleven District,
Assenovo, 5957 Bulgaria |
Primarily after World War I, some Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians also settled in Asenovo, but they are a minority.
As of 2009 the village has a population of 325 inhabitants,[1] mostly Roman Catholic by confession, and the mayor is Petar Ivanov of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
Anton Laigep reports the following known family surnames in Assenovo (his ancestral village): Laigep/Leigeb, Kauk, Gross, Ostenmayer, Schwarz, Samson and in Gostilya: Leicher and Bonn.”
Laigep family of Assenovo- Easter, 1938
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Von Valentin, Louis (4 January 2003). "Bulgarien: Das etwas andere Dorf. Schwäbische Kultur zwischen Donau und Balkan" (in German). Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung / Das Ostpreußenblatt. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
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Cenkova, Iskra. "Germanija, bǎlgarska prikazka" (in Bulgarian). TEMA. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
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Contributions by Rose Vetter, Anton Laigep and Jody McKim Pharr
[Published at DVHH.org by Jody McKim Pharr 29 Apr 2013]
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