Burschtyn

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Burschtyn
Бурштин
Burschtyn coat of arms
Burshtyn (Ukraine)
Burschtyn
Burschtyn
Basic data
Oblast : Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Rajon : District-free city
Height : no information
Area : 32.71 km²
Residents : 15,182 (2004)
Population density : 464 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 77200
Area code : +380 3438
Geographic location : 49 ° 16 '  N , 24 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '45 "  N , 24 ° 38' 5"  E
KOATUU : 2621210300
Administrative structure : 1 city , 1 village
Mayor : Yaroslav Hromko
Address: вул. Січових Стрільців 4
77111 м. Бурштин
Website : burshtyn.br.if.ua
Statistical information
Burshtyn (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast)
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Burshtyn (Ukrainian Бурштин ; Russian Бурштын , Polish Bursztyn ) is in the Soviet era quickly grown city in Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk ( Ukraine ) with 14,700 inhabitants (1 January 2004).

The Burschtyn coal-fired power station

history

The city, whose name means amber , was first mentioned in writing in 1554 and at that time it belonged to Poland. In 1772 it came under Austrian rule within Galicia and was the seat of a district administration from 1850 to 1867 , after which it was the seat of a district court in the Rohatyn district . After the end of the First World War in 1918 it became a part of Poland again, was first occupied by the Soviet Union in 1939 and by Germany in 1941 . After the end of the war, the place remained with the Soviet Union within the Ukrainian SSR , as early as 1940 the place became the capital of Burshtyn Raion and remained so until 1962, since 1991 it has been part of the independent Ukraine. It was only granted city status in 1993. It is directly subordinate to the oblast administration (until March 11, 2014 in Halytsch Rajon ) and has a rail connection. Administratively, the village of Vyhivka (Вигівка) also belongs to the city.

Economy and Infrastructure

A special feature is the Burschtynskyj TES coal-fired power plant , which is located next to an artificially dammed lake about 8 kilometers long and about 2 kilometers wide. In the immediate vicinity of the lake there is also a large fish farm near the village of Bilschinzi . The city is home to the College of Trade and Economics of the Kiev National University of Trade and Economics .

The soccer club Energetyk is well known .

Personalities

See also

Web links

Commons : Burschtyn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reichsgesetzblatt of October 8, 1850, No. 383, page 1741
  2. ^ Reichsgesetzblatt of April 24, 1854, No. 111, page 401
  3. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 03/11/2014 № 864-VII Про віднесення міста Бурштин Галицького району Івано-Франкрсківсько аранкрсківськоч ченганкасрівської оеласт
  4. ^ Structure. Regional subdivisions. In: knute.edu.ua. November 13, 2018, accessed May 8, 2019 .