İrmaşlı

İrmaşlı (pronounced Irmashly)[1] is a large village and municipality in the Shamkir Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,001.

For Dağ İrmaşlı village, see Daşbulaq, Shamkir.
İrmaşlı
Municipality
İrmaşlı
Coordinates: 40°50′31″N 45°53′15″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonShamkir
Population
 • Total4,001
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

İrmaşlı 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

Strong family ties, probably based on seasonal shepherding traditions, still link the village with Daşbulaq on a hilltop ridge some 15km southwest which is alternatively known as Dağ İrmaşlı (ie Mountain Irmashli).

References
  2. Germans in Azerbaijan, University of Rostock article
  3. Eichenfeld given as the spelling of the German settlement
  4. Visions of Azerbaijan article on Azerbaijani-German colonists
  5. Azerbaijan, The Mark Elliott Guide, TEAS Press, 5th edition, 2018, p326


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