Vyshnivets
Vyshnivets
Вишнівець | |
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Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
Raion | Zbarazh Raion |
Founded | 1395 |
Town status | 1960 |
Area | |
• Total | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
Population (1994) | |
• Total | 3,469 |
• Density | 555/km2 (1,440/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 47313 |
Area code | +380 |
Website | gska2 |
Vyshnivets ([Вишнівець, translit. Vyshnivets’] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help); Polish: Wiśniowiec) is an urban-type settlement in the Zbarazkyi Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The town is located on the Horyn River, a right tributary of the Prypiat. The population of the town is 3,469. In 1960, Vyshnivets was changed from the status of a village, to that of an Urban-type settlement. Before World War II the village was located in Poland.
The town served a family seat of the Polish princely Wiśniowiecki family which received its name from the town.
Architectural landmarks in the town include a 15th-century castle; and palace and park, constructed in the 18th century by the Vyshnevetskyi family.
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The Wiśniowiecki family palace.
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Rear view of the Wiśniowiecki family palace.
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The Voskresenska Church of the town.
See also
External links
- ShtetLinks - Vishnevets at JewishGen
- "Urban-type settlement of Vyshnivets". Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- "Vyshnivets". Castles.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- "Vyshnivets: Truth and myths of the kniaz Vyshnevetsky family". Den (Day) (in Ukrainian). September 30, 2005. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- "Vyshnivets". Ternopilska Torhovo-Promyslova Palata (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- Klymenko, Serhiy. "Photo excursion around Vyshnovets". klymenko.data-tec.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- Vlasenko, Petro. "Vyshnivets, Ternopilska Oblast". ua.vlasenko.net (in Russian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.