Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Heraklion
Korfes is a village in the province of Malevizi, with 616 inhabitants during the 2001 census. It is a homonymous municipal district of the Municipality of Krousonas with one settlement. It is located 19.8 km from the road to Krousona. It is built on hills and that is why it was named Korfes.
To the east of the village there is an artesian well, the water of which rises one meter above the ground and emits the scent of sulfur. According to the residents, the sulfur water of the spring has healing properties, especially for skin diseases. Ruins from special baths built by the Turks are preserved.
In the village there is a beautiful square (in the center) near the temples of the Holy Trinity and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a 16th century building. The main occupation of the inhabitants is viticulture and olive growing. Raisins and oil are produced. There is a regional doctor's office, a kindergarten and a primary school.
Its oak has been declared a protected natural monument [2]. It is a perennial oak with a special botanical value associated with historical events in the area [3].
Historical data
The village is mentioned in the Venetian censuses from the 12th century onwards. Thus, in a document of 1248 it is found under the name Corfe. It then belonged to the Latin Archdiocese (S. Borsari, II Dominio Veneziano a Creta, p. 15). In 1369 Cotfe is also mentioned in the Western Archive of Hadaka and in 1399 as Cotfe.
In 1583, Corfes was inscribed in Kastrofylakas, with 130 inhabitants (Kastrofylakas, K 102). The Turkish census of 1671 lists Cotfes with 43 engravings (N. Stavrinidis). In the Egyptian census of 1834 the village is written Corufes and in 1881 as Korfais in the Municipality of Malevizi.
On August 1, 1905, during the Therissos revolution, a clash took place between British detachments and Cretan rebel forces occupying the Korfes, who were eventually forced to evacuate the settlement.
The church of Agios Georgios and Agia Triada in the center of the village
Community leaders
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1979-1982 Alikiviadis Katsakos
1983-1986 Georgios Mandalenakis [5] Elected with 100%.
1987-1990 Ioannis Saridakis, was elected with 100%.
1991-1998 Michalis Kallergis (1946-2015) Agricultural Trade Unionist, elected and re-elected with 100%. [6]
Bibliography
Heraklion and its Prefecture, Heraklion Prefecture Publication.
References
"Preserved monuments of nature". Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
"Oak for centuries". Archived from the original on January 4, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
Flora and fauna of the Prefecture of Heraklion Archived 2008-01-14 on Wayback Machine., Website of the Prefecture of Heraklion.
Giannis Kapsalis, The Revolution of Therissos, Dorikos, Athens 1987, pp. 181-182.
EETAA, Results of community elections.
Michalis Kallergis left Archived 2020-03-21 at Wayback Machine., Larissanet.gr, March 21, 2015, retrieved on March 22, 2020.
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