Klokotnitsa

Klokotnica (Bulgarian: Клокотница) is a village in southern Bulgaria near Haskovo. It has a population of 619 people (as of June, 2005).

The village is famous for the great battle on 9 March 1230, between the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II and the Byzantine Greek despot Theodore Komnin of Epirus. After the battle, Bulgaria became the biggest medieval country on the Balkan peninsula, stretching between the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea.

To mark the victory, the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II built the SS. Forty Martyrs Church in Veliko Tarnovo and put a stone column in it.

A small relief by the E-80 international road commemorates the battle.

v t e Haskovo Municipality Capital: Haskovo Villages Aleksandrovo Bryagovo Dinevo Dolno Golemantsi Dolno Voyvodino Elena Galabets Garvanovo Golemantsi Gorno Voyvodino Klokotnitsa Knizhovnik Konush Koren Kozlets Krivo Pole Lyubenovo Malevo Manastir Mandra Maslinovo Momino Nikolovo Nova Nadezhda Orlovo Podkrepa Rodopi Shiroka Polyana Stamboliyski Stoykovo Teketo Trakiets Uzundzhovo Vaglarovo Voyvodovo Zornitsa Landmarks Aleksandrovo tomb Church of the Assumption Culture Battle of Klokotnitsa Notable people Tane Nikolov Asen Zlatarov Stanimir Stoilov Grigor Dimitrov Mamin Kolyu Moshe Dvoretzky Dimitar Inkiow

Coordinates: 41°59′N 25°30′E / 41.983°N 25.500°E / 41.983; 25.500