Aisymi

Aisymi Αισύμη
Aisymi
Coordinates: 41°0′N 25°57′E / 41.000°N 25.950°E / 41.000; 25.950Coordinates: 41°0′N 25°57′E / 41.000°N 25.950°E / 41.000; 25.950
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Evros
Municipality	Alexandroupoli
Municipal unit	Alexandroupoli
Lowest elevation	253 m (830 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Rural	193
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	GR-680 11
Vehicle registration	EB

Petko Voyvoda monument in Aisymi

Aisymi (Greek: Αισύμη, Bulgarian: Дуган Хисар, Dugan hisar, Turkish: Doğanhisar) is a village in the southern part of the Evros regional unit, Greece. It is located on the Greek National Road 53, about 20 km north of the city of Alexandroupoli. In 2011 its population was 193 for the village and 253 for the community, including the village Leptokarya.

Population[]

History[]

Aisymi dates back to the ancient times as an ancient settlement.^{[citation needed]} With the rest of Western Thrace, it was ruled by the Ottoman Empire since the 14th century. It remained under Turkish rule until the Balkan Wars of 1913. At that time, Aisymi (then known as Doğanhisar, Dugan Hisar in Bulgarian) was a Bulgarian speaking village like many parts of today's Evros prefecture. The population in 1912 consisted of 400 Bulgarians.

After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.

People that were born in Aisymi[]

• , Bulgarian revolutionary
• Petko Kiryakov (Captain Petko Voyvoda) (1844–1900), leader of the Bulgarian national revolution in Aegean Thrace and Rhodopes 1861-1878, friend of Giuseppe Garibaldi, organiser and commander of the iatalo-bulgarian Battalion in Greece Cretan Revolt (1866–1869), Bulgarian politician
• , Bulgarian revolutionary and leader
• (1900–1989), Bulgarian folklorist and journalist

Footnotes[]

External links[]

• Aissymi on GTP Travel Pages