Anthotopos (Greek: Ανθότοπος) is a village in the municipality of Kozani, Kozani regional unit, Greece. It is situated at an altitude of 758 meters above sea level. The postal code is 50100, and the telephone code is +30 24610.[1] The population was 153 at the 2011 census.[2]

History

During the Ottoman Era the village was known as Kalburcular (Καλπουρτζιλάρ). However it was renamed to Koskinia (Κοσκινιά) in 1927.[3] Later in 1961 it was renamed to Anthotopos.[4]

According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 200 inhabitants lived in Kalburcular (Калбуджиларъ) all Muslim Turks.[5]

The village had a mosque in the past during the Ottoman Era. After the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange, the mosque was used as a church until 1950, when it was demolished.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ANTHOTOPOS (KOZ), Village, KOZANI". gtp.gr. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  3. ↑ "Πανδέκτης: Kalpourtzilar -- Koskinia". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  4. ↑ "Πανδέκτης: Koskinia -- Anthotopos". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  5. ↑ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 271
  6. ↑ Σταυριδόπουλος, Ιωάννης (2015-11-01). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα (Thesis) (in Greek). Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων, Σχολή Φιλοσοφική, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας. p. 291. doi:10.12681/eadd/43568.

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