Official Name: | Marten, Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Provinces (Oblast) |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Marten, Bulgaria |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Ruse |
Population Total: | 3902 |
Population As Of: | 15.09.2006 |
Elevation M: | 42 |
Postal Code: | 7058 |
Area Code: | 08117 |
Coordinates: | 43.9167°N 31°W |
Leader Name: | Todor Georgiev |
Marten (bg|Мартен pronounced as /bg/) is a town in the northern part of Bulgaria. It is located in Ruse Province.
The town is located on the right bank of the Danube. In the site called Yamata (bg|Ямата) a meteorite crater, unique for Bulgaria, is located.https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=43.907366,26.101525&spn=0.001701,0.002323&t=k&om=1
The town was founded as a Roman Fortress called Tegra (Tegris, Tigris) in the 1st century AD, a part of the fortifications on the Danube border of the Empire. It is supposed to have existed also during the Second Bulgarian Empire. In early Ottoman documents it is named Maruteni.
Marten was proclaimed a town on August 7, 2006, by the House of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Marten Crag on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the town.[1]
St. George church, built in 1896.
Marten Fair is organized annually on May 6.