Suhozem
Encyclopedia
Suhozem is a village in the Kaloyanovo municipality
, Plovdiv Province
, southern Bulgaria
. it has 173 inhabitants.
The village finally has a church from 2002 when the new "Sveta Sofia" is consecrated by the bishop Arsenius. In 2004 a monument was built in the centre of the village to commemorate 7 local people and an American, Lt. David Kingsley, who perished during World War II
in the vicinity of the village.
An American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber returning from raid in Ploesti was intercepted and shot down by four German fighters. When it fell to the ground it hit seven villagers who were working on the field. Kingsley, a native of Portland, Ore., was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for giving up his parachute to a fellow crewman.
The monument raised mixed feeling among the locals, some of whom consider that there shall be no monuments for murders because it was known that the airplane bombed the town of Karlovo
.
Kaloyanovo municipality
Kaloyanovo Municipality is a municipality in the Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria and covers an area of 347 km². As of 2006 it has 12,390 inhabitants. The center of the municipality is the village of Kaloyanovo....
, Plovdiv Province
Plovdiv Province
Plovdiv Province is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities on a territory of 5,972.9 km² with a total population, as of December 2009, of 701,684 inhabitants...
, southern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. it has 173 inhabitants.
The village finally has a church from 2002 when the new "Sveta Sofia" is consecrated by the bishop Arsenius. In 2004 a monument was built in the centre of the village to commemorate 7 local people and an American, Lt. David Kingsley, who perished during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
in the vicinity of the village.
An American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber returning from raid in Ploesti was intercepted and shot down by four German fighters. When it fell to the ground it hit seven villagers who were working on the field. Kingsley, a native of Portland, Ore., was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for giving up his parachute to a fellow crewman.
The monument raised mixed feeling among the locals, some of whom consider that there shall be no monuments for murders because it was known that the airplane bombed the town of Karlovo
Karlovo
Karlovo is a picturesque and a historically important town in central Bulgaria located in a fertile valley along the river Stryama at the southern foot of the Balkan Mountains...
.