Svaliava

Coordinates: 48°32′50″N 22°59′10″E / 48.54722°N 22.98611°E / 48.54722; 22.98611
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ehlla (talk | contribs) at 13:58, 15 March 2020 (→‎Gallery). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Svaliava
Свалява
City of district significance
Flag of Svaliava
Flag
Coat of arms of Svaliava
Coat of arms
Svaliava is located in Zakarpattia Oblast
Svaliava
Svaliava
Location of Svaliava
Svaliava is located in Ukraine
Svaliava
Svaliava
Svaliava (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°32′50″N 22°59′10″E / 48.54722°N 22.98611°E / 48.54722; 22.98611
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion Svaliava Raion
Founded12th century
Incorporated1957
Government
 • MayorIvan Lanyo
Population
 (2016)
 • Total17,050
 • Density1,626.720/km2 (4,213.19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
89300
Area code+380-3133
ClimateDfb
Websitehttp://www.svalyava.org/

Svaliava (Ukrainian: Свалява, Hungarian: Szolyva, Czech: Svaljava, Yiddish: סוואליאווע Svalyave) is a city located on the Latorytsia River in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Svaliava Raion (district). Population: 17,050 (2016 est.)[1].

Names

There are several alternative names used for this city: Ukrainian: Свалява, German: Schwalbach or Schwallbach, Hungarian: Szolyva, Slovak: Svaľava, Romanian: Svaliava, Russian: Свалява.

Demographics

At the 2001 census, the population included:[2]

  • Ukrainians (94.5%)
  • Russians (1.5%)
  • Hungarians (0.7%)
  • Slovaks (0.6%)

History

According to the census of 1910, 47.1% of the population was Greek Catholic, 26.2% Jewish and 22.9% Roman Catholic. The Jewish population was deported to Auschwitz by the Hungarian government in May 1944 and murdered by the Germans.

After the Second World War a concentration camp was working near the town. Hungarian and German-born civilians (born between 1896 and 1926) were carried off by Soviet forces to the camp purely on the basis of their nationality. They were ordered to report for "malenkij robot" (a corrupted Russian for "small work"), but most of them – more than 10 thousands deportees were killed in the camp. The site of the camp is now a memorial park established in 1994.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070911044252/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Zakarpattia/
  3. ^ http://karpataljaturizmus.info/the-memorial-park-in-svalyava-town-p-537.html?language=en

External links

Gallery

  • St. Nicholas Church
    St. Nicholas Church
  • Synagogue in Svaliava
    Synagogue in Svaliava
  • Synagogue today, now the bakery is here
    Synagogue today, now the bakery is here
  • Former synagogue
    Former synagogue
  • Jewish cemetery
    Jewish cemetery
  • Memorial park in Svaliava
    Memorial park in Svaliava
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Svaliava&oldid=945675841"