page_title: Tuhovishta
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tuhovishta / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Roman ring found in Tuhovishta's territory in July 2010. Ring's age is estimated to be between 2000 and 1500 years. Български: Римски пръстен намерен в древна урна в територията на Туховища. Възрастта на пръстена е определена между 2000 и 1500 години.
context_page_description: Tuhovishta is a village in Southwest Bulgaria, part of Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.
context_section_description: The village has an outdoor medieval necropolis.
  In Ottoman Documents the village is mentioned as Thuishta (in Ottoman Turkish: تحويشته).
  The population of the village is Muslim and since 19th century Tuhovishta is a Muslim village in Nevrokopian territory of the Ottoman Empire.
  In "Ethnography of vilayets Adrianople, Monastir and Salonika", published in Constantinople in 1878 and reflecting statistics of the male population since 1873, Tuhovishta is listed as a village with 36 households and 90 inhabitants Muslims.
  According to Stephen Verkovich at the end of 19th century Tuhovishta has a Muslim male population of 120 people living in 36 houses.
  According to Vasil Kanchov's statistics to 1900 Tuhovishta is a Bulgarian-Moslem village. There live 500 Bulgarians-Muslims in 70 houses.
  In 1912, during the Balkan war, Tuhovishta is a victim of the Christianization of the Muslims. Plovdiv's church wants to Christianize Muslims and local rebels burn Tuhovishta along with other villages while the population hides along the river and the big hills.
  In 1949 the village enters into the composition of the Municipality of Slashten under Decree 794 of the Presidium of the National Assembly of 24 September 1949. By decision of the Blagoevgrad District People's Council of 28 November 1958 Tuhovishta goes to the Satovcha Municipality. It is returned to the Municipality of Slashten by decree 959 of the Presidium of the National Assembly of December 23, 1965. Pursuant to Decree 2295 of the State Council of People's Republic of December 22, 1978 it was again transferred to the Municipality of Satovcha.
  In 1970 the villagers are victims of to the Bulgarisation process.
  During the Bulgarisation over population was exerted systematic harassment, which included banning the execution of any Muslim rites - a visit to the mosque, wearing headscarves, trousers, breeches, a Muslim burial custom, etc. Turkish names of residents were forcibly changed to Bulgarian. Many villagers find their death around the Bulgarian-Greek border in an attempt to emigrate illegally. Frequent is killing people around the border to intimidate the population. In 1989, the population gets back their Muslim names.
  Population of Tuhovishta according to the census in 2003 was 859 people and puts it in eighth place in number of inhabitants of the fourteen villages comprising the Satovcha Municipality. The same place gets for its territory, this is 17,01 km² which is 5.11% of the terrain of the Satovcha Municipality.
caption: Roman bronze ring found in Tuhovishta
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