Vyzhnytsia
Vyzhnytsia
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  Vyzhnytsia Location within Ukraine  Vyzhnytsia Vyzhnytsia (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°15′0″N 25°11′30″E / 48.25000°N 25.19167°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast |
| District | Vyzhnytsia Raion |
| Founded | 1158 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alex G. Chepil |
| Area | |
| • Land | 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 356 m (1,168 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 3,976[1] |
| Zip Code | 59200 |
| Area code | +380-3730 |
| Website | vnmiscrada |
Vyzhnytsia (/ˈvɪʒnɪts(j)ə/; Ukrainian: Ви́жниця [ˈwɪʒnɪtsʲɐ]; German: Wischnitz; Polish: Wyżnica; Romanian: Vijnița; Russian: Вижница, romanized: Vizhnitsa; Yiddish: וויזשניץ, romanized: Vizhnitz) is a town located in the historical region of Bukovina, on the Cheremosh River in Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vyzhnytsia Raion.
History
In Judaism the town is known as having been the original center of the Hassidic sect bearing its Yiddish name (Template:Hebrew Vizhnitz). The town's Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust and most survivors did not return, but the flourishing Vizhnitz Hassidic community in Israel and elsewhere continues to keep the name.
Until World War I, the town was named Wischnitz and was part of Austria-Hungary.
It has been a city since 1940[2].
A local newspaper is published in the city since February 1945.[3]
In January 1989 the population was 5708 people[4][2].
In 2011 a security checkpoint "Vyzhnytsia" was built here[5].
In January 2013 the population was 4207 people[6].
Transport
- a railway station[2] of the Lviv Railways.
Notable natives and residents
- Josef Burg, writer
- Gerard Ciołek, architect
- Menachem Mendel Hager, first Vizhnitser Rebbe
- Nazariy Yaremchuk, singer
- Otto Preminger, director
- Dol Dauber, musician
- Meir Just, Dutch rabbi
Gallery
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St Michael's Church -
St Peter and Paul Catholic Church -
St Demetrius Church -
Holy Trinity Church -
City Hall -
Old city of Vyzhnytsia -
Children's art house -
Vyzhnytsia cinema
Nearby towns
External links
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2019 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2019. стор.78
- ^ a b c Вижница // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.218
- ^ № 3265. Советская Верховина // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 – 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., "Книжная палата", 1994. стр.426
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru.
- ^ Где в Украине расположены стационарные посты ДПС ГАИ // еженедельник "2000" от 7 мая 2012
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.108" (PDF).
48°15′N 25°11.5′E / 48.250°N 25.1917°E
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