Bardarski Geran

Bardarski Geran (Bulgarian: Бърдарски геран) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Byala Slatina municipality, Vratsa Province. It is among the several villages founded by Banat Bulgarians returning from the Banat after the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule in 1878, and is thus predominantly Roman Catholic. It is regarded as "the capital of Banat Bulgarians in Bulgaria" by certain members of the community. The village was founded in 1887, mostly by Banat Bulgarian settlers (initially 185 families) from Dudeştii Vechi (Stár Bišnov) in Austria-Hungary (today in Romania). A number of Banat Swabians also settled, beginning with seven families in 1893, their total number later exceeding 90 families. Due to the religious...