German

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German

Total population

2,651

Elevation639 m

Land area16.79 km²

Coordinates42.61°, 23.41°

Demographic figures from NSI Bulgaria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

German is a village in central western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Capital Municipality. It lies at the foot of the Lozen Mountains, at 42°37′N 23°25′E, 639 metres above sea level. As of 2015, it has a population of 2,500 and the mayor is Margarita Stankova.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Princess Maria Luisa, 9th Princess of Koháry

Bulgarian royal

Anto Kolev Dragalevski

IMARO member

B

Bogomil Gudev

Bone Petrov

Grigor Shopov

Bulgarian State Security officer

N

Nikola Krushkin

Snezhana Borisova

Bulgarian singer

A

Anton Manolov

Bulgarian sports shooter

M

Mladen Amzin

Bulgarian activist

K

Kristan Rakovski

Bulgarian politician

V

Vasilena Amzina

Bulgarian athletics competitor (1942-2017)

A

Alek Manolov

association football player

M

Mihail Balkanski

Z

Zahari Filipov

M

Manush Romanov

Bulgarian politician and Romani rights activist (1928–2004)

A

Aneta Vucheva

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sofia (city)

• Pancharevo
  1.2 mi away · pop. 3,209
• Pancharevo
  1.3 mi away · pop. 3,331
• Kokaliane
  2 mi away · pop. 1,941
• Bistritsa
  3.2 mi away · pop. 5,181
• Lozen
  3.8 mi away · pop. 6,188
• Kazichene
  4.3 mi away · pop. 4,575
• Busmantsi
  4.6 mi away · pop. 1,698
• Krivina
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,367
• Zheleznitsa
  5.9 mi away · pop. 1,663
• Dolni Pasarel
  6.5 mi away · pop. 1,224
• Dolni Bogrov
  7.4 mi away · pop. 1,208
• Sofia
  7.5 mi away · pop. 1,286,383

Browse all places in Sofia (city) →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about German

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier · 1938

Among friends

Ekaterina Andreeva · 1976

Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy

Shane Homan · 2022

Deportation of the Jews to the east

John Mendelsohn · 2009

Rimini Protokoll close-up

Johannes Birgfeld · 2015

Rosemarie Trockel

Rosemarie Trockel · 1983

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-10-18

Armyworm Moth

Pseudaletia unipuncta

Seen 2026-10-17

Garden Carpet

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Seen 2026-10-17

Chinese arborvitae

Platycladus orientalis

Seen 2026-10-17

Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Seen 2026-10-16

Transcaucasian Giant Mantis

Hierodula transcaucasica

Seen 2026-10-15

Fire Salamander

Salamandra salamandra

Seen 2026-10-14

purple crownvetch

Securigera varia

Seen 2026-10-12

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-10-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).