Editing Burgas (section)

=== From liberation to 1945 ===
[[File:Burgas-alexandrovska-street-1906.jpg|thumb|left|Alexandrovska Street in 1906]]
It was a department centre in [[Eastern Rumelia]] before incorporated in the [[Principality of Bulgaria]] in 1885.
From the late 19th century Burgas became an important economic and industry center. The first development plan of the city was adopted in 1891 and the city's layout and appearance changed, especially through the newly constructed public buildings.<ref name="RMB">{{cite web |url=http://www.burgasmuseums.bg/uploads/historyburgas2010bg.pdf |title=History of Burgas |author=Regionalmuseum Burgas |access-date=2012-01-26 |language=bg |archive-date=31 Jan 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131073603/http://www.burgasmuseums.bg/uploads/historyburgas2010bg.pdf |url-status=live }}, {{cite web |url=http://www.burgasmuseums.bg/index.php?tab=home&page=burgashistory&lang=en |title=History of Burgas |author=Regionalmuseum Burgas |access-date=2011-08-26 |archive-date=13 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513024202/http://www.burgasmuseums.bg/index.php?tab=home&page=burgashistory&lang=en |url-status=live }} – Abstract</ref> In 1888, the city library was founded, in 1891 the sea garden was created and in 1897 the Cathedral of the Holy brothers Cyril and Methodius was built. In 1895 Georgi Ivanov opened the first Printing house in Burgas, followed by the house of ''Christo Velchev'' in 1897, which changed in 1900 his name in ''Velchevi Brothers Printing house''.<ref name="IK220">Karayotov/Raychevski/Ivanov, p. 220–228</ref>

[[File:Burgas Plan 1913.jpg|thumb|right|A 1913 plan of the city]]

The opening of the railway line to Plovdiv on 27 May 1890 and the deep water port in 1903 were important stages of this boom and led to the rapid industrialization of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=117347|title=retro-bib - Seite aus Meyers Konversationslexikon: Bulgarien (Geschichte 1886, 1887)|first=Christian|last=Aschoff|website=www.retrobibliothek.de|access-date=2 Aug 2012|archive-date=13 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513123623/http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=117347|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>R. J. Crampton: ''A concise history of Bulgaria'', Verlag Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 121</ref> In the period after 151 factories were founded. Among them were the ''Sugar refinery'' founded by [[Avram Chaliovski]], the ''Great Bulgarian Mills'' of [[Ivan Chadzipetrov]] and the oil and soap factory ''Kambana''.<ref name="RMB"/> In 1900 the mineral springs by the ancient Aquae Calidae were included in the urban area. In 1903, the new building of the [[Burgas Central railway station]] opened.<ref name="IW210">Karayotov/Raychevski/Ivanov, p. 210–220</ref><ref>Nikolova/Panaiotov: p. 300</ref>

Founded in 1924 in Burgas ''Deweko'' (now HemusMark AD) was the first pencil factory in Southeastern Europe and became in 1937 official supplier to the Bulgarian Monarchy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.koh-i-noor.bg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=62 |title=History of HemusMark AD |access-date=2011-09-01 |language=bg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124112910/http://www.koh-i-noor.bg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=62 |archive-date=24 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 1925 opened in Burgas a specialized high school for mechanics and technologies. The following year, a large covered market was opened.<ref name="RMB"/> Because of the cold wave in winter 1928/29 the Black Sea iced in late January and early February, so that the island of Sveta Anastasia could be reached on foot.<ref>Karayotov/Raychevski/Ivanov, p. 236</ref> 1934, Burgas already had 34,260 inhabitants.