German (Bulgarian: Герман, IPA: [ˈgɛr.mən]) is a village in central western Bulgaria, part of the Capital Municipality of Sofia City Province, and thus also regarded as a suburban neighbourhood of Sofia. It lies at the foot of the Lozen Mountains, at , 639 metres above sea level. As of 2005, it has a population of 2,072 and the mayor is Todor Vukov. German is the site of the German Monastery of Saint John of Rila, allegedly founded in the 10th century and then abandoned and reconstructed several times. It features a church from 1885 with frescoes from 1886 by Samokov masters. Since 1928, it is property of the Bulgarian Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos. Until June 2006, German had a relatively successful football team, PFC Conegliano German, who achieved promotion to the A PFG, the highest division of Bulgarian football. Upon promotion, however, they changed ownership, left German and were renamed PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia.
