Samovodene
Самоводене | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Samovodene | |
| Coordinates: 43°09′25″N 25°18′00″E / 43.15694°N 25.30000°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Community | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Stefan Maglov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42,107 km2 (16,258 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 181 m (594 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1 400 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Post code | 5040 |
| Area code | 06112 |
Samovodene (Bulgarian: Самоводене [samoˈvɔdɛnɛ]) is a village in Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, north-central Bulgaria.
The village is located about 10 km north of Veliko Tarnovo. Near the village is the source of the river Rakovets.
The village is divided into three neighborhoods
The Orthodox church "Saint Irina" was built in the 1840s. Christians.
In the land of Samovodene revealed early Neolithic settlement (6000 BC on.. It is.). Remarkably open house with an area of 120 m². Studied is unique religious complex, consisting of a religious building, religious and cult pit shaft with a radius of 1.80 m and a depth of 12.80 meters incurred in connection with the ritual practices of the cult of the sun and the Great Mother Goddess. Another phenomenal finding a plastic image of a young girl on the wall of pottery aged 8400 years, modeled so skillfully that the outside environment undistorted by later construction activities layer could be assigned to the classical period of ancient times. This proves the existence of a division of labor and specialization in craft skills at an early Neolithic.
In the village there were two primary schools "Father Paysii" and "Tsar Simeon". In Samovodene was founded Credit cooperative "Strength", which was later renamed the consumer. Cooperative "Vasil Mavrikov" was created in 1945. Community center in the village Samovodene was founded in 1873.
Railway station is on the line Gorna Oryahovitsa - Veliko Tarnovo - Stara Zagora.
There is a regular bus line №10 of Gorna Oryahovitsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Parvomaytsi.
In the village Samovodene of about 65 years has soccer. The terraces of the stadium are about 300-400 spectators. The base is available to all Samovodene citizens.[3]
The team of the village is called "Sparta" (FC Samovodene).
