Omvriaki, Fthiotida

Omvriaki (Ομβριακή) Fthiotida

The village of OmVriaki is located in the Municipality of Domokou in the prefecture of Fthiotida, on the northern slopes of Mount Othri. It is built at an altitude of 535 meters and the distance from the capital of the Prefecture of Fthiotida Lamia is 35.5. Until 2010 it was the seat of the Municipality of Xyniada and with the new plan Kallikratis is together with Thessalyotida the third most populous Municipal Unit of the Municipality of Domokos. Based on the written reports that emerge from the Monastery of Rentina, Ombriaki as a village existed in 1565.

After the liberation from the Turks in 1881, Omvriaki was the capital of the Municipality of Xyniada until 1912, along with the villages of Daukli, Zapani, Derekli, Ozero, Panagia, Ano and Kato Alhani, Terveni, Paliouri and Agios Athanasios.

Ombriaki from the side of the settlement of Metallia-photo KALIMERIS

YEAR PRESIDENT
1913-14 PAPACHRISTOS A.
1916-18 KOKKONOS CHAR.
1918-22 KONTONASIOS DIM
1918-24 NIKOLAOU GEOR
1925-26 KONTONASIOS DIM
1926-27 HATZOPOULOS NIK
1927-28 NIKOLAOU ANTON
1929-30 KALAMATAS IOAN
1930-32 KOKKINOS IOANNIS
1931-32 APOSTOLOPOULOS NIK
1932-33 HATZOPOULOS GRIG
1933-34 DOUMAS GEOR
1934-36 NIKOLAOU ANTONIS
1936-37 KARYOTIS EVANGELOS
1937-43 NIKOLAOU ANTONIS
1943-45 MARGAZIS GEOR
1946-49 NIKOLAOU ANTONIS
1949-50 DOUMAS GEOR
1950-51 PANTIDOS APOST
1951-53 KOKKINOS IOAN
1953-55 KYRITSIS NIKOLAOS
1955-57 KOKKINOS IRAKLIS
1957-61 APOSTOLOPOULOS APOST
1962-64 TSAKATARAS THOMAS
1964-67 PAPACHRISTOS ILIAS
1967-73 KALAMATAS DIMIT
1974-75 ARVANITIS IOAN
1975-78 KARYOTIS CHAR
1979-83 APOSTOLOPOULOS FROM
1983-86 PAPACHRISTOS ILIAS
1987-88 BALOGIANNIS SOTIR
1988-89 PANTIDOS ATHAN
1990-98 KOKKINOS MILTIADIS

Lake Xyniada

Omvriaki got its name because it was located near the ancient lake of Xyniada (from the rainwater). The lake was located at an altitude of 463 meters and the area covered by its turquoise waters in winter at the highest altitude was about 33000 crowns, of which 5000 were swamp. The upper depth of the lake was 10 meters, while the waters that overflowed from the lake left through the torrent Babalis (five-mile) to the Onochonos (Sofaditiko) tributary of Pinios. The lake is historically mentioned by Herodotus and Apollonius of Rhodes. It should be noted that during the winter months the lake often froze.

Drying Up

In the year 1926, the Katzukh company undertook the drying up due to the malaria that plagued the area and, secondly, the need for new lands for the settlement of refugees. The specific company, after taking a loan from the National Bank, squandered the funds, so the work did not exceed the quarter.

In 1936 the company Xynias undertook the drying, which later due to the war was financially ruined, but after the end of the war it continued and completed the works giving in 1953 the possibility of cultivating the new land. In 1972, the drainage works were completed.

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