Ruzhintsi ( Bulgarian : Ружинци , pronounced [ˈruʒint͡si] ; also transliterated Ružinci , Ruzhinci , Ruzhintzi , Rujinci , Rujintsi , Rujintzi , etc.) is a village in northwestern Bulgaria , part of Vidin Province . It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ruzhintsi Municipality , which lies in the southeastern part of Vidin Province. Ruzhintsi is located 54 kilometres from the provincial capital Vidin and 43 kilometres from Montana .
2-421: The village may have been founded in the 14th century. There are several etymologies suggested, two from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reudʰ-ó- ("red"): from ruzha ("rose") or from the dialectal verb oruzhavam ("burn down"), and one involving the name of Fruzhin , son of Bulgarian tsar Ivan Shishman and organizer of the anti-Ottoman Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin in the early 15th century. The village church
4-560: Was built in 1852 together with a monastical school. Ruzhintsi municipality has an area of 232 square kilometres and includes the following 10 places: The municipality is mainly agricultural. The only river that crosses it is the Lom River , but there are several water reservoirs: at Gyurgich, Drazhintsi and Drenovets, with two smaller ones at Gyurgich and Belo Pole. A sight in the area is the Dobri Dol Monastery, founded in
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