The town is located on the right bank of the Danube. In the site called Yamata (Bulgarian: Ямата) a meteorite crater, unique for Bulgaria, is located.[1]
Historyedit
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, bulgaria, marten, bulgarian, Мартен, ˈmartɛn, town, northern, part, bulgaria, located, ruse, province, location, coordinates, 083countrybulgariaprovinces, oblast, rusegovernmentelevation42, population, 2006, total3, 902time, zoneutc, summer, eest, post. Marten Bulgarian Marten ˈmartɛn is a town in the northern part of Bulgaria It is located in Ruse Province Marten BulgariaMarten BulgariaLocation of Marten BulgariaCoordinates 43 55 N 26 5 E 43 917 N 26 083 E 43 917 26 083CountryBulgariaProvinces Oblast RuseGovernmentElevation42 m 138 ft Population 15 09 2006 Total3 902Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Postal Code7058Area code08117 Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Historic Sights 4 Annual Events 5 NotesGeography editThe town is located on the right bank of the Danube In the site called Yamata Bulgarian Yamata a meteorite crater unique for Bulgaria is located 1 History editThe 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 Sights edit St George church built in 1896 Annual Events editMarten Fair is organized annually on May 6 Notes edit SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marten Bulgaria amp oldid 1182527273, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
