Zagorka, lake in Bulgaria

Zagorka is an artificial lake in Bedechka Park in northeastern Stara Zagora, fed by the Bedechka River and named after the nearby Zagorka brewery. It was built by mayor Yordan Kapsamunov, who served from 1952 to 1962, as part of a larger unrealized plan for baths, tennis courts, a rose garden and a concert hall. Wooden houses on the water hold over 100 wild ducks and other water birds.

Lake Zagorka was built by mayor Yordan Kapsamunov, who governed Stara Zagora from 1952 to 1962, as part of a large park plan that was mostly never realised. On 7 August 1962 a beer hall named Zagorka opened by the water. In 1983 the municipality began a hotel-restaurant on its site for the upcoming world championship in ship modelling; it was completed and opened in 1987, and in 2012 the five-star Park Hotel Stara Zagora opened there.

Zagorka lies in Bedechka Park in northeastern Stara Zagora, fed by the Bedechka River. Boats and pedal boats run on the water again, and wooden houses standing in the lake shelter more than 100 wild ducks and other water birds. The park also hosts rowing-model competitions, sport fishing, triathlon and other water sports, so expect activity on and around the water.

The lake is stocked with fish every year and hosts sport fishing, boat modelling and triathlon competitions. Over 100 wild ducks and other water birds live and breed in wooden houses placed on the water. A 670-year-old plane tree, a record holder, stands nearby.