Banitsa (ruins)
Banitsa
Καρυαί | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 The bell tower in the village | |
  Banitsa Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 41°12′N 23°37′E / 41.200°N 23.617°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Region | Central Macedonia |
| Time zone | EET |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST |
Banitsa (Greek: Καρυαί; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Баница) is an abandoned village in Serres regional unit, Greece. The ruins lie about 15 km northeast of Serres, near the village Oreini, on the southern slopes of the Vrontous mountains.
Name
The official name of the village until 1922 was Μπάνιτσα (Bánitsa), when it was renamed to Καρυαί (Karié).[1] The name of this village in Bulgarian and Macedonian is Баница (Banitsa).[2]
According to Yordan N. Ivanov, the name Banitsa does not come from the pastry banitsa, but from the Bulgarian word for bath, баня (banya).[3] Per him, the name comes from that word with the suffix -itsa. The inhabitant name is banichanin, banichanka, banichane.[4] However, according to Bulgarian military officer Slavcho Daskalov, the origin of the name dates back to the beginning of the 19th century, after the plague epidemic of 1812–1814, during which a large part of the inhabitants of the village and the surrounding neighborhoods died. The survivors gathered in the central neighborhood and began to call this central place Sbranishte, a name that transformed into Branishta, Branishte, and Banitsa.[5]
History
Until the mid-19th century, the population of the village was engaged in washing magnetite sand. With the decline of ironworking in the second half of the century, the villagers began producing charcoal, which they sold in Serres.[6]
In 1877 the village had an Uniate church where the priests Dimitar Lamashev and Zahariy Zaprev served.[7]
During the Ottoman period it had a Bulgarian population.[6][8] According to Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople: de Monastir, et de Salonique, which was published in 1878, the village had 101 houses and a population of 330 males, all recorded as Bulgarians.[9] In 1889, Stefan Verkovich wrote that the population of the village was Bulgarian and that they engaged in agriculture. He noted that it had one school and one church.[10] In 1891, Georgi Strezov wrote that the village had 90 houses and a population of 450, all Bulgarians, as well as a church "St. Mary" and a Greek-language school with 20 students.[11] In statistics collected by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village had a population of 840, all recorded as Christian Bulgarians.[12] In statistics collected by Dimitar Mishev (under the pseudonym Brancoff) in 1905, the village had a population of 1080, all Exarchist Bulgarians, with one Bulgarian primary school, one teacher and 38 students.[13]
On 4 May 1903, IMRO revolutionary Gotse Delchev was killed here in a skirmish with Ottoman police forces.[14]
The village was destroyed by the Greek Army during the Second Balkan War, and the population migrated to Bulgaria.[15] Its inhabitants settled in Mehomiya, Bachevo, Nevrokop, Sveti Vrach, and Novo Delchevo.[6] The priest Zahariy settled in Frashtani, then after the Treaty of Bucharest returned back to the village, but later fled to Bulgaria, likely due to persecution.[16]
Demographics
The population of the village from 1913 to 1928 is as follows:[17][18][19][note 1]
| Year | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | |
| 1913 | — | — | — |
| 1920 | 52 | 55 | 107 |
| 1928 | 58 | 37 | 95 |
Notes
- ↑ The '—' is for damaged and uninhabited settlements.
References
- ↑ "Μετονομασίες των οικισμών της Μακεδονίας 1919 - 1971" [Renaming of the settlements of Macedonia 1919 - 1971]. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
- ↑ Republichkata zaednica na kulturata (2005). Sovremenost: literatura, umetnost, opštestveni prašanja (53 ed.). Kočo Racin.
- ↑ Георгиев, Владимир (1971). Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Science. p. 32.
- ↑ Иванов, Йордан (1982). Местните имена между Долна Струма и Долна Места [The Local Names Between the Lower Struma and the Lower Mesta] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 74.
- ↑ Даскалов, Славчо (2005). Бележки из близкото минало на град Разлог [Notes from the Recent Past of the Town of Razlog] (in Bulgarian). Sofia. p. 314.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 3 Иванов, Йордан (1982). Местните имена между Долна Струма и Долна Места [The Local Names Between the Lower Struma and the Lower Mesta] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 20.
- ↑ Елдъров, Светозар (2002). Католиците в България [Catholics in Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). Sofia. p. 298.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. [Macedonia and Adrianople Region: Population Statistics from 1873] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Macedonian Scientific Institute. 1995. pp. 116–117.
- ↑ Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople: de Monastir, et de Salonique [Ethnography of the Vilayets of Adrianople, Monastir and Thessaloniki] (in French). Constantinople: Le Courrier d'Orient. 1878. p. 25.
- ↑ Верковичъ, С. И. Топографическо-этнографическій очеркъ Македоніи [A Topographical-Ethnographic Sketch of Macedonia] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Военпая Типографія (въ зданіи Главнаго Штаба). p. 62.
- ↑ "Два санджака отъ Источна Македония". Периодическо списание на Българското книжовно дружество въ Средѣцъ Година Седма (XXXVI). Средѣцъ (in Bulgarian). XXXVI. Sofia: 836. 1891.
- ↑ Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика". София, 1900, стр.176.
- ↑ Brancoff, D. M. (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne [Macedonia and its Christian Population] (in French). Paris: Plon, Nourrit & Cie. p. 199.
- ↑ Vanče Stojčev (2004). Military History of Macedonia. Skopje: Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski". ISBN 9989-134-05-7.
- ↑ "Weekend – Към Бяло море по стъпките на Гоце – Стандарт". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ↑ Даскалов, Славчо (2005). Бележки из близкото минало на град Разлог [Notes from the Recent Past of the Town of Razlog] (in Bulgarian). Sofia. p. 318.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Απαρίθμησις των Κατοίκων των Νέων Επαρχιών της Ελλάδος του Έτους 1913 [Census of the Inhabitants of the New Provinces of Greece for the Year 1913] (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: National Printing Office. 1915. p. 44.
- ↑ Πληθυσμός του Βασιλείου της Ελλάδος κατά την Απογραφήν της 19 Δεκεμβρίου 1920 – Πραγματικός πληθυσμός [Population of the Kingdom of Greece according to the Census of 19 December 1920 – De facto population] (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: National Printing Office. 1921. p. 280.
- ↑ Πληθυσμός της Ελλάδος κατά την Απογραφήν της 15-16 Μαΐου 1928 – Πραγματικός πληθυσμός [Population of Greece according to the Census of 15–16 May 1928 – De facto population] (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: National Printing Office. 1935. p. 318.
