Dragomirovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province
Dragomirovo (
National Movement Simeon II
.
Dragomirovo was founded following the
Roman Catholic Banat Bulgarian return from the Banat (in Austria-Hungary) to Bulgaria, and was settled by 141 households from Stár Bišnov and one from Brešća, as well as by another, culturally different group of Roman Catholic Bulgarians: "Bucharesters" from Popești-Leordeni and Cioplea in Wallachia, Romania
.
Besides the Catholics, Dragomirovo also has a large and varied
Bulgarian Orthodox population, which consists of former emigrants who had returned from Romania, as well as Bulgarian settlers from the Balkan Mountains and other inland regions, and Bulgarian refugees from Vardar Macedonia
who arrived in 1922.
As a result, Dragomirovo has three neighbourhoods: the "Banatian", the "Bucharestian" (both Catholic) and the "Vlach" (of all Eastern Orthodox residents) neighbourhood. To further complicate the confessional structure of the village, a number of Protestant denominations also found supporters in Dragomirovo. In 1934, the village had 1,754 Eastern Orthodox residents and 1,204 Catholics.
Gallery
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Banat Bulgarian Roman Catholic church -
Banat Bulgarian Roman Catholic church tower -
"Bucharestian" Roman Catholic church
References
- Нягулов, Благовест (1999). "Банатските българи в България". Банатските българи (in Bulgarian). София: Парадигма. pp. 91, 116–120, 132–135. ISBN 954-9536-13-0.
43°31′08″N 25°14′49″E / 43.51900001°N 25.24700001°E
External links
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