What is "koznitsa"

Koznitsa is a village in south-eastern Bulgaria, situated in the Nesebar Municipality of the Burgas Province.

Category:Villages in Burgas Province

Koznitsa ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Козница) may refer to any of the following locations in Bulgaria:

• Koznitsa (village) - a village in Bulgaria, Burgas Province;
• Koznitsa (ridge) - a ridge connecting Stara planina and Sredna gora mountains;
  • Koznitsa (tunnel) - a railway tunnel under the Koznitsa ridge, the longest tunnel in Bulgaria;
• Koznitsa (peak) - a mountain peak in the western part of Stara planina.

Koznitsa is a railway tunnel under the Koznitsa ridge in the Stara planina (Balkan Mountains), the longest tunnel in Bulgaria. The tunnel is located between the Bulgarian towns of Koprivshtitsa and Klisura and is 5,808 m long. It is the seventh tunnel on the Sofia– Karlovo line, starting at the exit of Koprivshtitsa station and ending just before Stryama station. Along its entire length the tunnel is straight and at Koprivshtitsa the lights of the locomotive are visible a long distance into the tunnel.