İrmaşlı (pronounced Irmashly)[1] is a large village and municipality in the Shamkir Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,001.
İrmaşlı | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  İrmaşlı | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′31″N 45°53′15″E / 40.84194°N 45.88750°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Shamkir |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,001 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
History
editİrmaşlı combines an ancient Azerbaijani settlement with the 19th-century German 'colony' village of Eigenfeld[2] (mis-spelled phonetically as Eichenfeld[3] or Aigenfeld[4] in some sources). In 1932 the place was renamed Engelskənd in honour of socialist philosopher Friedrich Engels but after Azerbaijan's independence in 1992 it reverted to the traditional name of İrmaşlı which locals believe is derived from a semi-mythical visit of Roman soldiers to this place in the 1st century.[5]
Twin Village
editStrong family ties, probably based on seasonal shepherding traditions, still link the village with Daşbulaq on a hilltop ridge some 15 km southwest which is alternatively known as Dağ İrmaşlı (ie Mountain Irmashli).
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Germans in Azerbaijan, University of Rostock article
- ^ Eichenfeld given as the spelling of the German settlement
- ^ Visions of Azerbaijan article on Azerbaijani-German colonists
- ^ Azerbaijan, The Mark Elliott Guide, TEAS Press, 5th edition, 2018, p326
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