Marten, Bulgaria Explained

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.

Geography

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

History

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]

Historic Sites

St. George church, built in 1896.

Annual Events

Marten Fair is organized annually on May 6.

Notes and References

  1. http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica