Novo Selo Municipality

Novo Selo (Macedonian: Ново Селоⓘ) is a municipality in eastern North Macedonia.

[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include: The fertile soil, mild temperate climate and abundance of water and forest have offered favourable conditions for food and settlement of people since the ancient times.

During these centuries, at the south of Peonia, the ancient Macedonian country was founded and started the expansion to the north.

During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, Manus Georgiev Turnovski and Ivan Iliev Ajdinski were famous leaders from Novo Selo.

On 6 April 1941, at the time of the Second World War, Novo Selo was conquered by the German Army.

According to the agreement of alliance that Germany had with Bulgaria, Novo Selo was under the occupation of the Bulgarian Army.

During the February Expedition, the partisan troops, led by Mihajlo Apostoloski, crossed the Ograzden Mountain, collided with the German Army in the “Kitka” locality, and succeeded in breaking through the enclosure.

The Koleshino Waterfall can be found at an elevation of 610 m (2,001 ft), on the Baba River in the heart of the Belasica Mountain, surrounded by maple trees and stone cliffs.

Clear mountain water springs from the roots of the hundred-year-old trees at a capacity of sixty litres a second.

On the field of a few hectares there are found a few objects revealing the life and local economy of the ancient residents.

Janina Cheshma is located in the western part of the settlement with a rectangular shape oriented north-south and measuring 4.5 by 3.5 m (15 by 11 ft).

On the top of a hill, that has steep and inaccessible cliffs, lies the remains of a “castrum,” a defensive fort to provide protection to the citizens in case of danger.

On the day of the Meetings, the people, who once lived in Mokrino, come back home in order to be there for the event.

On June 6, as a tribute to the writer Vidoe Podgorec, the traditional meeting under the maple trees is organized in his birthplace, Koleshino.

Koleshino Waterfall
Smolare Waterfall