Stefanovikeio

Stefanovikio Στεφανοβίκειο
Stefanovikio Location within the region
Coordinates: 39°27′46.8″N 22°44′27.6″E / 39.463000°N 22.741000°E / 39.463000; 22.741000Coordinates: 39°27′46.8″N 22°44′27.6″E / 39.463000°N 22.741000°E / 39.463000; 22.741000
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Magnesia
Municipality	Rigas Feraios
Municipal unit	Feres
Elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Community[1]
• Population	1,963 (2011)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	37500

Stefanovikio (Greek: Στεφανοβίκειο) is a small Aromanian (Vlach) town in Thessaly, Greece. It is part of the Rigas Feraios municipality, and the municipal unit Karla.

Location

Stefanovikio is located in the prefecture of Magnesia, in the Rigas Feraios municipality (before the Kallikratis plan merged, in 2011, three former municipalities which became municipal units, Feres, Karla and Keramidi, it was one of four communities making up Karla municipality). The extent of the new municipality is 549.77 square kilometers with a population of 12.096 according to the 2001 census.

The name

In 1809, William Martin Leake visited Stefanovikio and wrote that the "Chatzimes is a chiflik with 50 Greek houses." In all likelihood, "Chatzimes" was the name of the village's Ottoman owner. The headquarters of the Turkish lord of Stefanovikeio, the Konaki (Greek: Κονάκι), is the only building that survived the earthquake of 1957.

A few years later, in 1815, the name had been changed to Chatzimissi ("Half-a-Hadji")," as Arg. Filippides writes in his book "Geographia Meriki". This name, (Greek: Χατζήμισι), could possibly originate in the fact that the Turkish owner of the area did not manage to complete the Hajj to Mecca and assume the title of Hajji.

Shortly before the area was taken from the Ottomans and returned to Greece in 1881, the village and the surrounding area were purchases by the Paul Stefanovic Skylitsis. His mother, Eleni Machaira, is said to have encouraged him to give the land away to benefit Greece, and, as reported by the residents, he did donate the land to the Greek state, prompting the people to name the village after him.^[2]

History

After the liberation in 1881, owner of the village was a Yugoslav origin, named Paul Stefanovik Skylitsis who parakarlia entire region, 44,000 acres, had - as they say - win on paper at Istanbul of the Turkish owner. Another fortune throughout Thessaly, the Stefanovik had acquired by lending money beys. However Stefanovik mother was Greek, was what prompted him to give no consideration to the extent to residents of Stefanovikeiou. The Stefanovik indeed - as reported by residents - donated to the Greek State to the extent, in not recognizing that the bid was of the inhabitants the name of the village.

But those who vindicated clergy, paid for the value of land were granted. Indeed, most, the estates got paid twice the conductor government who visited the village, who usually avoided giving evidence for the money received. So the people were always in debt and when it appeared in the village of the collector, because they had no money to pay, hiding in the reeds of Karla. From there they came, just removed the conductor the front passenger's policeman.

The Stefanovik apart from the manor of Stefanovikeiou, he owned other estates 31 of which 26 in Thessaly. In tsiflikia Thessaly except forage areas, there were 265,000 ha. Arable, overall receiver in all Thessalian tsiflikia of Stefanovik - known as Stefanovikeia estates - were established 600 families.

After the death of Stefanovik, the inherited estates of the nephew situated in London, with the same name. This is stated in the book Soph. Triantafyllidi "The kolligoi Thessaly."

In the year 1901, deceased Paul Stefanovik, that heir (nephew), sold to Greek these Kyvernisin, eftelestatou portion these Thessalia tsiflikia the for the purpose to distribute these in the cultivated However villagers.

On September 5 of 1901, published in Istanbul covenant Stefanovik. With this covenant - as the newspaper «Thessaly Volos writes" - amongst other large gifts to the nation, Paul Stefanovik Skylitsis, donations to Greece the ex Thessaly estates amounting to 22 villages, whose value is calculated to 10,000,000 drs., but liable to a Greek Government as revenues therefrom are given in the Globally Patriarchate such will have less, for rectifying the Meanwhile, enslaved Hellenic Orthodox Klirou '.

On 07.12.1901 signed the Stefanovik estate sales contract instead of 80,000 pounds, price considered "almost worthless". The value of land paid by loan approved by the National Bank. On 14.02.1902 began in Larissa receipt of the estates from Global Surveyor and 05/23/1902, the government finally decided to rent them, until they become the counting and in quality of land classification to follow the distribution.

Finally on 09.29.1902, was auction for temporary rent in private estate of Stefanovikeiou and Rizomylos (Greek: Ριζόμυλος). In 1904, someone named bey Salich, raised an action against that fitted in London Ioannou Stefanovik, brother of Pavlos Stefanovik, which claimed some estates, which had already bought Greek government. In the treatment of the Salich Mpeis claimed that he held the titles of land which had mortgaged the late Stefanovik was not willing to pay the amount borrowed plus interest, in order to return the land. The case was heard in the Commercial Court of Kosntantinoupolis on 07.03.1904 without a decision immediately. Ultimately the treatment of Salich refused. However, the submission of the application, it caused great inconvenience to farmers as appears from the reports of Volos newspapers. The village during the Turkish occupation, it was the seat of the bey of parakarlias area. Indeed, about 4 km. From the last houses of the village to the side of Karla traces of old settlements on the sites "Magoula" and "Stone".

Transport

The town is served by a railway station on the Larissa-Volos branch line.

Website of village= https://sites.google.com/site/otopospouzesame/home/to-stephanobikeio-semera

Website of high school = http://gym-stefan.mag.sch.gr/

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