Han Krum (village)
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Han Krum is a village in the municipality of Preslav
Preslav
Preslav was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 to 972 and one of the most important cities of medieval Southeastern Europe. The ruins of the city are situated in modern northeastern Bulgaria, some 20 kilometres southwest of the regional capital of Shumen, and are currently a...

, Shumen Province
Shumen Province
-Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Transportation:Shumen lies on the main route between Varna and Sofia and is served by numerous trains and buses serving the city. The city is also very well connected with Istanbul which serves the large Turkish community in...

, north-eastern 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...

. As of 2007 it has 408 inhabitants.

Up to 1899 the village was called Chatalar and was then renamed to Tsar Krum and in 1977 to Khan Krum, after Krum who ruled Bulgaria between 803 and 814. According to some historians the capital of the Ostgoths of Ulfilas
Ulfilas
Ulfilas, or Gothic Wulfila , bishop, missionary, and Bible translator, was a Goth or half-Goth and half-Greek from Cappadocia who had spent time inside the Roman Empire at the peak of the Arian controversy. Ulfilas was ordained a bishop by Eusebius of Nicomedia and returned to his people to work...

 was located on the site of the village. There are remains of churches dated to 4th and 5th centuries.

The old Bulgarian Palace of Omurtag
Palace of Omurtag
The Palace of Omurtag or Aul of Omurtag is an archaeological site in northeastern Bulgaria dating to Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages located near the village of Han Krum in Shumen Province...

, also known as Aul of Omurtag was discovered in the surroundings of the village. The palace is dated to the constructions of Khan Omurtag
Omurtag of Bulgaria
Omurtag was a Great Khan of Bulgaria from 814 to 831. He is known as "the Builder".In the very beginning of his reign he signed a 30-year peace treaty with the neighboring Eastern Roman Empire which remained in force to the end of his life...

 (814-831) based on the Chatalar Inscription
Chatalar Inscription
The Chatalar Inscription is a medieval Greek inscribed text upon a column in the village of Chatalar by the Bulgarian Khan Omurtag . It was unearthed in 1899 by the archaeologists Fyodor Uspensky, M...

.

A rock monastery is situated close to the village based on a natural cave which was later expanded.

Sources

  • Тодор Балабанов. Отново за готите и епископския център от IV-V в. до с. Хан Крум, Шуменско. - Във: Великотърновският университет "Св. Св. Кирил и Методий" и българската археология - 1. Велико Търново, УИ "Св. св. Кирил и Методий" - Велико Търново, 2010.
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