Haskovo is a town in central southern Bulgaria. It is the
administrative center of Haskovo municipality and Haskovo district.
According to the latest NSI data, as of December 31, 2018, Haskovo
has a population of 70,406 people and is the 12th largest city in
the country.
Haskovo is the fastest and most direct road
connecting Europe with Asia and the Middle East. Not far from the
borders with Turkey and Greece, Haskovo has become a center of
international, trade and cultural exchange. The presence of these
indicators make Haskovo and the region an attractive destination for
industrial development, in the field of construction and mechanical
engineering for the food industry, chemical industry, wine
production, production of food, beverages and tobacco, clothing and
textile industry.
Culture and tourism occupy a significant
place in Haskovo. Every year the city hosts international festivals
"Pretty Thrace sings and dances", music days "Nedyalka Simeonova",
festival for Bulgarian people and dances "Haidushka sofra", national
competition for debut literature "Southern Spring" and many others.
On the territory of Haskovo municipality is one of the most
impressive Thracian tombs - Alexander's Tomb. An integral part of
the city is the world's tallest statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary
with the Infant.
Haskovo is a city of ethnic and religious tolerance. The most
widespread religion is Orthodox Christianity, it is professed by about
78% of the city's population. About 12% profess Islam, and 10% of the
population profess other religions. There is a congregational church
community in the city, part of the Union of Evangelical Congregational
Churches.
Temples on the territory of the city of Haskovo
The
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the oldest and
most respected church in the city. A lot of faith, efforts and courage
are given by the people of Haskov - united and fighting to get
permission to build their temple during the years of Ottoman rule.
Saint Haralampii Church in Bolyarovo district was built in 1922 and
consecrated in 1926 on the initiative of the then Minister of Finance
Petar Yanev (1886 - 1925) (raised in Bolyarovo).
The church "St.
Archangels Michael and Gabriel" was built in 1861 by writhing
Bulgarians. It is the second in order in the city and is known as the
Greek church or the church of the rich. It is a three-nave basilica with
a large, relatively low semicircular apse and a wide U-shaped narthex.
Saint Dimitar Church - on July 14, 1896, its foundations were laid. The
construction continued for two years and in the fall of 1898, on
Crossing Day (September 14), the temple was consecrated by Plovdiv
Metropolitan Natanail. The temple "Saint Dimitar" was built with quarry
stone and lime.
Saint George's Church in Ovcharski district (on
Dragoman Street).
Surp Stepannos Armenian Church. In the first
decades of the 20th century, the Haskovo Armenian community gradually
developed and strengthened. Their main goal now is to create a place of
worship. At a meeting, it was decided that the two rooms in a courtyard
purchased by the community should be converted into a chapel.
The
chapel "Sveta Petka Bulgarska" is located in the southern part of the
park in Makedonski district, east along Dniper Street in the city of
Haskovo.
Saint Tryphon Chapel in Kenana Park. In the month of March
1925, the Haskovo vintners gathered in the "Kenana" area and decided to
build a chapel in honor of Saint Tryphon: the vintner saint of the
Bulgarians.
The "Holy Ascension" chapel was erected on Yamacha Hill
more than seventy years ago in honor of the Orthodox holiday of the same
name.
Eski mosque claims to be one of the oldest built on our lands.
According to the stone slab erected above its entrance with an Arabic
inscription, it dates back to 1394.
Bazaar Mosque. The name of the
building is related to its location - both past and present - in the
center of the city's commercial core.
On September 8, 2003, the "Holy
Virgin" Monument (Haskovo) was opened in Haskovo, with which the city
entered the Guinness World Records for the tallest statue of the Virgin
and Child (33 m). A Nativity of the Virgin chapel was built at the base
of the monument.
Theaters
Drama Puppet Theater "Ivan Dimov"
The building of the
"Ivan Dimov" theater was built in 1926. In 2004, a major renovation was
done by the Municipality of Haskovo, which turned the theater into one
of the most beautiful and modern ones in the country. The stage
machinery, plumbing and electrical system have been completely replaced.
In 2000, the puppet and drama theaters in Haskovo were united into a
common puppet-drama theater under the name "Ivan Dimov" Drama and Puppet
Theater with the status of a production center with its own production,
without actors on staff - troupes were formed under civil contracts
relevant projects. The union of the two theaters has won numerous awards
over the years from various festivals and competitions, including the
Asker and Ikar awards.
Some of the most prominent artists in the
field of puppetry and drama theater in the country work in the Haskovo
theater. An integral part of the Theater's activity is connected with
continuous tours in the Haskovo region and throughout the country.
Partners of the theater are the National Theater "Ivan Vazov", the
Satirical Theater "Aleko Konstantinov", the New Drama Theater "Tear and
Laughter", etc., including non-governmental organizations and private
companies.
Museums
Regional History Museum - Haskovo (ROME -
Haskovo)
The Haskovo Historical Museum is one of the richest and most
active museums in Bulgaria. The first museum in the city was founded in
1927 at the "Zarya" community center, and in 1935 the materials
collected there were handed over to the local Archaeological Society. In
1952, a state museum was established. The scope of his activity includes
not only the collection of individual materials, but also the
registration and preservation of immovable cultural monuments in the
region. The museum's holdings grew rapidly and it now holds over 120,000
artefacts related to the history and culture of the area.
Unique
collections of prehistoric, antique and medieval materials from
ceramics, stone, iron and glass form part of the museum's rich holdings.
Among the most interesting exhibits are two of the rarely found in
Bulgaria "Trojan type" cups, dated from the 1st century BC, one of which
is also a symbol of the museum. An extremely valuable collection of
ancient and medieval coins, numbering more than 22,000 pieces, can also
be seen here.
In 2016, the Regional History Museum in Haskovo
opened the renewed archaeological exposition. It is located in a new
modern hall on two floors and stores material evidence of the history of
the region from the Neolithic Age (VII - V millennium BC) to the Late
Middle Ages.
Under the care of RIM - Haskovo are also two active
house museums on the territory of the city of Haskovo:
The Pascal
house - the house of Chorbadji Pascal in Haskovo was built in the middle
of the 19th century - two-storey, asymmetrical, with a magnificent
functional distribution. The exposition in the Pascal house is a
collective collection of objects of Haskovo wealthy families, who lived
immediately after the Liberation, until the end of the 19th century.
The Church School - the building known as the "Kirk School" in the
center of Haskovo is part of the large donation made by the local banker
and merchant Yani Khrostodorov for the benefit of the Municipality of
Haskovo in 1926. On October 30, 2006, a permanent exhibition "The Wakers
of Haskovo" was opened in it ". In the wonderful atmosphere of the
restored old house, photos, documents and belongings of Haskovians, who
contributed to the spiritual growth of the city, are displayed.
The
region is extremely rich in cultural monuments from prehistory and
especially from the early Thracian era (11th - 6th centuries BC). Many
megaliths have been recorded in the Strandja-Sakar area and the Eastern
Rhodopes, and many monumental stone Thracian tombs have been discovered
in the area. The most famous among them is the Tomb of Alexander,
decorated with wall paintings reflecting the system of royal ideology of
the Thracians. With the help of the Japanese government, a museum was
built in 2009, in which an exact copy of the tomb itself is exhibited.
Museum Center "Thracian Art in the Eastern Rhodopes"
It is
located in close proximity to the mound with the original tomb. One part
of the building is dedicated to a rich museum exhibit and a replica of
the tomb, and the other part is a dedicated modern scientific research
center with laboratories equipped with the latest restoration and
conservation techniques. A perfect copy of the Alexander Tomb occupies a
central place in the exhibition. The architectural elements and wall
paintings in the tomb are recreated in 1:1 scale. They recreate battle
and hunting scenes, as well as moments from the infamous feasts of the
Thracian aristocracy.
Galleries
Atanas Sharenkov Art Gallery
The city art gallery in Haskovo was founded in 1962. It is located in
two neighboring houses - Jewish and Armenian, declared cultural
monuments and built at the beginning of the 20th century.
Initially, the gallery started with a few paintings, but in 1964 the
fund was enriched with 500 works by local artists Dimitar Ivanov (Face)
and Petar Tolchev. Nowadays, the collection of the gallery has 1668
works (paintings, sculptures, graphics and icons). The permanent
exhibition includes works by iconic artists such as Stefan Ivanov,
Nikola Marinov, Marko Markov, Ivan Lazarov, Alexander Mutafov, Zlatyu
Boyadzhiev, Iliya Petrov, Dechko Uzunov, Nenko Balkanski, Vasil Barakov,
Boyan Petrov, Ivan Hristov, Tsenko Boyadzhiev, Alexander Poplilov, Petko
Abadjiev and others. From the middle generation of artists who have
shown their talent in many national and international exhibitions, the
gallery is represented by authors such as Svetlin Rusev, Dimitar Kirov,
Atanas Pacev, Teofan Sotirov, Todor Panayotov, Pencho Balkanski,
Anastasia Panayotova, Galilei Simeonov and others. The look of the
gallery is also determined by works of artists who lived and worked in
the county. These are Alexander Stamenov, Petar Mihailov, Hristo Forev
and others. Most of the works exhibited in the gallery are pictorial
compositions, portraits and busts. They show the rich traditions of our
national art and its national spirit, define its high achievements,
reveal the talent of the Bulgarian people.
Since 2009, the
gallery bears the name of "Atanas Sharenkov" - an outstanding
technologist and artist, born in the city of Haskovo. Since 2011, the
"Atanas Sharenkov" gallery has had a branch - the "FORUM" gallery.
Monuments
Monument to Captain Petko voivoda
Monument to the
Unknown Warrior
Monument to the Haskovic Revivalists
Monument to
the 10th Rhodope Infantry Regiment
Monument of Envy
Monument to
the Haskovic Revivalists
Victory Monument
Monument to Dimitar
Ivanov
The "Holy Virgin Mary" monument entered the Guinness World Records as
the world's tallest statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child.
The monument was erected with respect, love and appreciation for the
Mother of God. It was opened in 2003 with a consecration by Metropolitan
Arsenius. In 2005, it was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records,
and since 2009 it has also been included in the list of the Hundred
National Tourist Sites of Bulgaria.
The bell tower - with impressive
dimensions and an unforgettable view rises above the town of Haskovo.
The almost 29-meter high bell tower was erected in 2010 in the immediate
vicinity of the "Holy Virgin" monument and quickly took its place in the
architectural ensemble.
The Old Mosque (Eski Mosque) is the earliest
mosque in Bulgarian lands. It was built immediately after the invasion
of the Ottoman Turks in Bulgaria, in 797 AD (1394 - 1395). In 1968, the
Eski Mosque was declared a cultural monument. Currently, the mosque is
significantly dug into the ground (probably due to raising the level of
the surrounding streets).
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in the village of Uzundzhovo, near Haskovo, is unique not
only with its architecture, but also with the story it tells.
Established as a Christian temple, it was destroyed by the Ottoman
Empire and a mosque was erected in its place. At the beginning of the
20th century, Turkey returned the property to Bulgaria and then the
reconstruction of the mosque into a church began. In 2007, the temple
was mainly restored by the Municipality of Haskovo. During the
restoration, two medieval inscriptions in Arabic with a
religious-philosophical theme were discovered, which have not yet been
precisely dated. In the last century, the Church of the Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Uzundzhovo was declared a
cultural monument.
Thracian megalithic monument Cromlech - hidden in
the dense forests in the eastern part of the mountain, on the outskirts
of Madjarovo, is the village of Dolni Glavanak, where in 1998 the only
Cromlech in Bulgaria was discovered. It is a structure built of
vertically hammered large stone blocks - known under the name megaliths.
The Alexander Tomb
On December 17, 2000, in the "Roshavata Chuka"
mound near Alexandrovo, a team of archaeologists led by Dr. Georgi Kitov
discovered a unique Thracian tomb from the 4th century BC. with
exceptional high-art murals.
The building, which played the role
of a temple and a mausoleum, is one of the most remarkable monuments of
Thracian culture. Its purpose was to give a last refuge to one of the
Thracian rulers, whose name is unknown. With its architecture and
frescoes, it is one of the pearls of the Thracian cultural heritage in
our lands and ranks among the largest structures of this type discovered
up to that time. However, what makes it unique are its murals. Hunting,
battle scenes, as well as scenes of a funeral feast alternate with
monochrome belts and those with ornamental decoration.
Parks and
zoos
The guests of Haskovo are mainly attracted by the healing
mineral springs of Haskovo and the picturesque area "Kenana" - a
magnificent oak forest with a large park, restaurants, tennis courts and
areas for relaxation and treatment. The remains of ancient fortresses
and mineral pools from Roman times in the municipality of Mineralni Bani
are also particularly interesting for tourists.
Kenana Park
"Kenana" is the largest park on the territory of Haskovo municipality
(236.6 ha). It is located northeast of the city. Its main part is
forested. Many tree species are common here. Dendrologically interesting
are the "small and large parterre", the rosary, the arboretum and the
"dry river". A wide pedestrian walkway, 2.5 km long, runs through the
park. It leads to the center of the park composition - an artificial
lake and a restaurant.
The park has many restaurants, hotels,
swimming pools, a summer cinema, a children's corner and sports
facilities. There are tennis courts, whose base of 8 equipped courts and
professional coaches is very good for tennis and squash. Here, Grigor
Dimitrov began his career as a world champion at Wimbledon as a
teenager. On "Kenana" is also the zoo of the city of Haskovo, with a
terrain of 9 decares and a huge number of different animal species, as
well as the "Sivata voda" dam.
Zoo - Haskovo
Kenana Zoo was
founded in 1958 with bears, deer and roe deer enclosures within the
forest park of the same name. Over the years, the zoo has grown and
occupies an area of over 30 decares, in which there are many corners for
over 26 animal species - lions, lynxes, baboons, roe deer, a pair of
llamas, swans, peacocks, ostriches, ducks, birds of prey, pigeons, etc.
Yamacha Park
Park "Yamacha" was created in the period 1958 -
1970. The 500 decares designated for the park are located in the
southern part of Haskovo, on one of the first heights of the Eastern
Rhodopes. At the beginning of the park is the monument "Holy Virgin" and
the chapel to it. Inside the park there is also a second chapel - "St.
Ascension". Directly next to the monument stands the newly built bell
tower, 29 m high. It has platforms on three consecutive levels for
visits.
One of the historical monuments of the city is also
located in the park. The Haskovo stadium was built here, and there is
also a separate children's corner. From the central part of "Yamacha"
there is a view of the entire city and its surroundings. The areas of
the park are richly wooded.
Other green areas
The park next to
the Language School was completed in 2002. It stretches for almost a
kilometer from PGPCHE "Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov" next to Dunav Street. It
has a children's corner, a pedestrian walkway, places to rest.
Sports
Cultural and sports complex "Spartak"
Spartak Cultural and
Sports Complex is a facility with a capacity of 3,500 amphitheater seats
and a covered stage space of over 300 m². It provides an opportunity to
satisfy the audience's preferences for various cultural and sporting
events. The complex has modern lighting, greenery, a spacious stage with
a modern design, a new installation, dressing rooms and a hotel part.
Regular events
September 8 – City holiday;
"Kitna Trakia sings
and dances" - a gathering for folk songs and dances;
Southern Spring
Literary Days;
Music days "Nedyalka Simeonova";
Theater holidays
(Haskovo);
Jazzfest "Haskovo".
The municipality of Haskovo is located in the hilly plains of
Southeastern Bulgaria and occupies the westernmost part of the Haskovo
region. It is strategically located between the Rhodopes and Stara
Planina. It is located not far from the borders with Turkey and Greece.
The fastest and most direct road connecting Europe with Asia and the
Middle East passes through the territory of Haskovo region.
A
curious fact is that Haskovo is at almost the same latitude as the
village of Haskovo (Tashkent region, Uzbekistan), Rome (Italy),
Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Chicago (USA).
Territory: 740.22 km².
Settlements: 36 settlements: 1 city and 35
villages.
administrative partition
g.k. "Orpheus"
"Macedonski" district
g.k. "Stone"
g.k.
"Almond"
g.k. "Revival"
g.k. "Lyuben Karavelov"
"Poroyni"
district
Cuba quarter
Trakiski district
"Hisarya" district
"Republika" quarter
Bolyarovo district
g.k. "Druzhba-1", g.k.
"Friendship-2"
"Ruchoka" district
g.k. "school"
"Youth Hill"
quarter
"Voevodski" district
g.k. "Red Wall"
g.k. "Shepherd"
"Izgrev" quarter
The southern geographical position of Haskovo and its proximity to
the White Sea, from which it is separated by the relatively low slopes
of the Eastern Rhodopes, as well as the easy penetration of warmer air
along the Maritsa river valley, determine a transitional climate between
the continental influence from the north and the Mediterranean from the
south. The average annual temperature of the Eastern Rhodope foothills
is 12.6 °C. Farmers do not like to blow dry in February, because the
early warming tricks the early blooming almonds, apricots, cherries,
etc.
Relief
The area around Haskovo has a typical hilly
relief. As a northern continuation of the Eastern Rhodopes, geographers
rightly call it the Eastern Rhodope foothills or the Haskovo hilly area.
Its western border is the Mechkovets height (860 m above sea level). But
the height is no less important for the inhabitants of Haskovo, because
it is a source area.
Due to the active volcanic activity raging
during the Tertiary period, there are deposits of lead-zinc and other
non-ferrous metals in the area adjacent to Haskovo.
Waters
The
Banska, Haskovska and Harmanliyska rivers start from here. Hot mineral
springs gush out, the famous Haskovo mineral baths are located here.
Haskovo is a city with more than 1000 years of history. In the
center of the city stands a monumental clock, built in 1985 on the
occasion of the celebrations of about 1000 years since the founding
of the city.
A center with a rich heritage, according to
archaeologists, the first population on the site of today's city
arose in the middle of the Neolithic age around 5000 years before
Christ. Since then, numerous evidences of the city's long journey
and history have been preserved in prehistoric, Thracian, Roman,
late antique and medieval archaeological monuments, traces of which
can be found in the city and throughout the region.
Towards
the end of the 8th century, on the territory of today's "Hisarya"
district, south of Haskovo, the Slavs built a new settlement
surrounded by a thick fortress wall. As it grew, a second
fortification wall was built at the beginning of the 10th century.
Thus, 10 centuries ago, an early medieval city emerged with the
typical crafts of that time, a military garrison and a significant
population.
In the 11th century, the settlement was
completely destroyed by the Byzantine invaders. However, the
population remained there and settled on the other bank of the river
and around today's "Mladezhki hilm" quarter. Haskovo was revived
again during the Second Bulgarian Kingdom under the rule of
Asenevtsi and Shishmanovtsi.
After the conquest of the lands,
the Turks named the settlement Haskoy, in later times known as
Haskoy near Uzundja, because of the fame of one of the largest
commodity fairs, the Uzundja Fair, organized in the empire. In the
middle of the 19th century, traditional crafts such as tannery and
furrier flourished, and whole craft and trade streets with over 200
workshops and trade offices were formed in the city. New Bulgarian
schools are emerging one after another in Haskovo.
In 1858,
the "Zarya" community center, which still exists today, was
established. Despite the appearance of the first industrial
enterprises, until the wars, the main livelihood of the population
remained agriculture. At the beginning of the 20th century, Haskovo
established itself as the center of the tobacco industry.
Immediately after the September 9th coup of 1944, one of the worst
incidents in the establishment of the new regime took place in
Haskovo - during an attempt by partisans to enter a military unit,
the commander of the Second Army Artillery Regiment, Veliko Marinov,
three other officers and a communist were killed.
Passed
through the era of the so-called "socialist construction" and the
years of democratic transition, today Haskovo is a modern city with
developed infrastructure and light industry.
Economic characteristic
The sectoral structure of the economy of
Haskovo municipality is diverse and consists of Bulgarian and
international companies of different sizes. These companies sell their
products both on foreign and local markets.
The future
development of the municipality is also related to the full use of the
natural and climatic conditions in the field of agriculture - making
efforts to develop promising market-oriented agricultural productions,
creating consulting agricultural centers, etc. The historical facts and
the rich culture of the region, combined with the well-developed
transport and tourist infrastructure, are a favorable factor for the
development of tourism. In this regard, the partnership relationships
built by the municipality with cities from England, Austria, France,
Greece, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the USA, Russia, Serbia, Belarus
also make a valuable contribution.
3 pan-European transport corridors pass through Haskovo - No. 4, No.
9 and No. 10. Corridor No. 4 connects Western and Central Europe with
the Middle East and the Mediterranean, and its route in Bulgaria is
Vidin - Sofia - Kulata/Sofia - Plovdiv - Haskovo - Svilengrad . Corridor
No. 9 connects Northern Europe with the Mediterranean Sea, and in
Bulgaria it follows the road Ruse - Veliko Tarnovo - Stara Zagora -
Haskovo - Kardjali - Podkova. Corridor No. 10 connects Central Europe
with the White and Adriatic seas, and passes through Bulgaria on the
road Kalotina - Sofia - Plovdiv - Haskovo - Svilengrad. Part of the
corridors No. 4 and No. 10 on Bulgarian territory are the "Trakia" and
"Maritsa" highways, the latter passing through Haskovo. In addition to
the "Maritsa" highway (Plovdiv - Svilengrad), the city is connected to
other settlements in southern Bulgaria and via the Stara Zagora -
Haskovo - Kardjali - Makaza road.
Bus and trolleybus transport
Trolleybus transport is provided by the company "Trolleybus Transport
Haskovo" EOOD. The lines of trolleybus transport are 108, 308 and 408,
with routes:
line 308 ZMM – Bus station – Orpheus – ZMM
line
108 Orpheus - Bus station - Orpheus
line 408 ZMM – Tsig. factory -
Orpheus - Driving School - Rakovski-Danube intersection, Valentina -
Zarya Community Center - PGMET - ZMM;
Bus transport is served by the
company "Golden Fleece" with lines:
line 1 ZMM - Mladost Stadium
- center - Lebeda Square - City Garden - Bolyarovo quarter
line 3 ZMM
- Mladost stadium - center - Chervena Stena district - Haskovo stadium
Line 5 ZMM - Bus station - Stara Planina St. - SU Vasil Levski - railway
station Cuba
line 9 Bus station – OU St. Ivan Rilski - g.k. Orpheus -
Klokotnitsa
line 11 First polyclinic - OU Hristo Smirnenski - PGMET
Kitsa and Stoycho Marchevi - Stamboliyski - ZMM
line 12 ZMM - Mladost
stadium - Lebeda square - center - City garden - Bolyarovo district -
Vglarovo
line 13 ZMM - Mladost Stadium - Lebeda Square - Center -
City Garden - Bolyarovo District - Garvanovo
line 102 ZMM - Mladost
Stadium - Lebeda Square - center - Stara Planina Street - railway
station Love Karavelav - Kenana Zoo - Kenana Park
line 104 DAP -
Osvobozhdenie Blvd. - center - OU St. Ivan Rilski - G. S. Rakovski Blvd.
- g.k. Orpheus - PGDS Tsar Ivan Asen II - Quiet Labor
TV channels
There is one local television station in the city -
eTV.
Radio channels
"Darik Radio" broadcasts its own program,
from which listeners are informed about the events of the city and the
region in regular news broadcasts and information broadcasts.
In
Haskovo, radio stations "Metronome", "Veselina", "N-Joy", "Bulgaria ON
AIR", "Z-ROCK", Focus and Horizont also broadcast.
Healthcare
Regional Health Inspectorate - Haskovo is a second-level appropriator of
budget credits to the Minister of Health, with headquarters and
management address in the city of Haskovo, 2 "P.Evtimii" Street.
The inspection implements the state health policy on the territory of
Haskovo region, which includes the following municipalities: Haskovo,
Dimitrovgrad, Svilengrad, Topolovgrad, Ivaylovgrad, Harmanli, Lyubimets,
Simeonovgrad, Madjarovo, Mineralni Bani and Stambolovo.
Schools
NU "G. S. Rakovski"
Lyuben Karavelov Primary School
Elementary School "St. St. Cyril and Methodius"
Sandor Petofi Primary
School
Elementary School "St. Kliment Ohridski"
OU "N. Y.
Vaptsarov"
Elementary School "St. Ivan Rilski"
"Hristo Smirnenski"
Primary School
SU "Vasil Levski"
SU "St. Paisius of Hilendar"
SU "Stefan Karadzha"
EG "Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov"
PMG "Acad. Boyan
Petkanchin"
PGDS "Tsar Ivan Asen II"
PGSST "N. Y. Vaptsarov"
FSG "Atanas Burov"
PGT "Alexander Paskalev"
PGLP "Raina Knyaginya"
PGMET "St. and K. Marchevi"
PUI "Dr. Peter Beron"
Higher
schools in Haskovo
UNSS - Regional Distance Learning Center - Haskovo
Thrace University - Medical College - Haskovo
Model People's
Community Center "Zarya 1858"
The model folk community center "Zarya
1858" in Haskovo was established before the Liberation - in 1858 by
Hristodul Valchev Shishmanov, Ivancho Minchev, Hristo Zlatarov (father
of Asen Zlatarov) and other vigilant citizens.
Zarya 1858 Primary
School is the first community center in Southern Bulgaria and the fourth
in a row in our country. It started its cultural and educational
activities only two years after the community centers in Svishtov, Lom
and Shumen. Since 1870, a Sunday school has been operating there, fairy
tales are told, parties are organized. In 1872, many community members
joined the secret revolutionary committee founded in Haskovo by Vasil
Levski.
After the Liberation, the first theater performances in
Haskovo were played on the stage of the community center. Chitalishte
radeteli today pay their gratitude to the first teachers, continuing
their work as educators and supporters of Bulgarian education and
culture.
Other community centers
On the territory of the city
of Haskovo there are also 14 community centers that maintain the spirit
and culture in the various neighborhoods.
People's Community
Center "Ararat - 2001"
People's community center "Prof. Dr. Asen
Zlatarov – 1961"
People's Community Center "Probuda - 1928"
People's Community Center "Peyo Yavorov - 1982"
People's Community
Center "Ivan Vazov - 1978"
People's Community Center "Kadrie
Lyatifova - 2000"
Trakia People's Community Center - 2008
People's
Community Center "Republika - 1971"
People's Community Center "Petko
Rachov Slaveikov - 1978"
People's Community Center "Nikola Yonkov
Vaptsarov - 1964"
People's community center "St. Kliment Ohridski
1969"
People's Community Center "Dawn - 1982"
People's Community
Center "Georgi Ivanov Topuzov - 1974"
People's Community Center
"Asparukh Leshnikov - 2015"
People's community center "Kosta Markov"
"Hristo Smirnenski" Regional Library
The "Hristo Smirnenski"
Regional Library - Haskovo was established on April 29, 1953 by decision
of the Executive Committee of the District People's Council. The
original collection of books numbered 9,617 volumes, mostly donated by
private individuals. On the day of the opening of the library - July 15,
1954, the fund already numbered 18,600 volumes of literature.
The
library is the main book depository of the district, an archive of local
lore literature and the local press, a center for comprehensive library
service to readers, for library-bibliographic information and
bibliographies on local lore. At the beginning of 2004, the library fund
numbered 387,496 library units, subscribed periodicals were 130 – a
generous investment for future generations. In the last year, the
library was visited by 71,958 readers from Haskovo and the region, and
177,086 books, periodicals, sheet music, etc. were borrowed.