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Flag of Kavadarci - Image by Mello Luchtenberg, 30 March 2007
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The municipality of Kavadarci (38,741 inhabitants; 992.44 sq.km), located in the region of Tikveš in central Macedonia, is made of the town of Kavadarci and the 39 settlements of Begnište, Bojancište, Bohula, Brušani, Bunarce, Vataša, Vozarci, Galište, Garnikovo, Glišikje, Gorna Bošava, Grbovec, Dabnište, Dobrotino, Dolna Bošava, Dragožel, Dradnja, Drenovo, Kesendre, Klinovo, Konopište, Košali, Krnjevo, Kumanicevo, Majden, Marena, Mrežicko, Pravednik, R'žanovo, Radnja, Raec, Resava, Rožden, Sopot, Stragovo, Fariš, Čemersko, Šeškovo and Šivec.
The region of Tikveš is named after an old settlement built at the confluency of the rivers Tikvesica and Crna. Artefacts confirm it was an old Roman settlement, whereas records from the XVIth century claim the settlement already existed in 1378. Unfortunately, the construction of the reservoir Tikveš has flooded all the records.The St. George of Polog (St. Giorgi Pološki) monastery is located on the shore of the Crna river, in the vicinity of the village of Pološko. It is deemed to originate from either the XIIIth or XIVth century. A 1340 charter of King Dušan states that his brother Dragutin was buried in this monastery. Thus, on request of his mother, Dušan converted it into an appendage of the Hilandar monastery. Around 1378, the Dejanovici brothers converted it again, this time into an appendage of Mount Athos' monastery of St. Pantheleimon. In 1584 there were 5-6 monks in the monastery, lead by Prior Paisij. In either 1599 or 1609, the monastery was fresco painted by Prior Sava and the monk Partenius. The monastery is famous for its iconostasis, which is represented on some Macedonian coins.
Kavadarci, along with the neighbouring villages of Konopište and
Rosoman, is the main center of wine production in Macedonia and
south-eastern Europe. Wine industry employs 85% of the population of
Kavadarci. The Tikveš winery, established in 1946, is the biggest in
south-eastern Europe. It produces every year 35 millions liters of wine
from 55 million kg of grapes, using 30 grape varieties for 24 types of
wine. The most local popular varities are Smederevka, Traminec and
Temjanika (white) and Kratosija, Vranec, Teran and Stanudina (red).
The grapes are harvested during the 7-day festival called Tikveški
Grozdober.
Kavadarci has also industry, such as the FENI ferronickel complex,
which has been since January 2007 the source of a "red dust" pollution.
Sources:
Ivan Sache, 4 April 2007
The flag of Kavadarci, as shown on the Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online), is vertical, vertically divided white-dark red with a grape made of six discs (3+2+1) in the upper part. The discs are counter-coloured, including the two central that overlap on the two stripes.
Ivan Sache, 4 April 2007