Loznitsa

) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Razgrad Province, located in the geographic region of Ludogorie. 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 the First 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 the Liberation of Bulgaria, present Loznitsa was a village of 66 households according to Russian data. In the early 20th century, Bulgarians from the Balkan 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). On 4 September 1974, the village was proclaimed a town. Loznitsa has a mixed population of Turks, Bulgarians and Roma. The town is twinned with the Küçükçekmece suburb of Istanbul, Turkey.

Municipality

Loznitsa municipality includes the following 16 places:

External links

* [http://www.loznitsa.bg/ Loznitsa municipality website] bg icon tr icon en icon