İrmaşlı explained

İrmaşlı
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:Rayon
Subdivision Name1:Shamkir
Population Total:4001
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Utc Offset Dst:+5
Coordinates:40.8419°N 45.8875°W

İrmaşlı (pronounced Irmashly)[1] is a large village and municipality in the Shamkir Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,001.

History

İrmaşlı combines an ancient Azerbaijani settlement with the 19th-century German 'colony' village of Eigenfeld[2] (mis-spelled phonetically as Eichenfeld[3] or Aigenfeld[4] in some sources). In 1932 the place was renamed Engelskənd in honour of socialist philosopher Friedrich Engels but after Azerbaijan's independence in 1992 it reverted to the traditional name of İrmaşlı which locals believe is derived from a semi-mythical visit of Roman soldiers to this place in the 1st century.[5]

Twin Village

Strong family ties, probably based on seasonal shepherding traditions, still link the village with Daşbulaq on a hilltop ridge some 15 km southwest which is alternatively known as Dağ İrmaşlı (ie Mountain Irmashli).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-07-13 . 2014-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503071605/http://e-qanun.az/print.php?internal=view&target=1&docid=7976&doctype=0 . dead .
  2. http://bakuforum.eurocollab.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Fatma-SafariHistory_Fatma_Safarli_Uni_Rostock_Germany.pdf Germans in Azerbaijan, University of Rostock article
  3. http://regionplus.az/en/articles/view/5945 Eichenfeld given as the spelling of the German settlement
  4. http://www.visions.az/en/news/276/d41b8656/ Visions of Azerbaijan article on Azerbaijani-German colonists
  5. Azerbaijan, The Mark Elliott Guide, TEAS Press, 5th edition, 2018, p326