Halschany

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Halschany | Golschany
Гальшаны | Гольшаны
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State : BelarusBelarus Belarus
Woblasz : Flag of Hrodna Voblasts.svg Hrodna
Founded : 1280
Coordinates : 54 ° 15 ′  N , 26 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ′  N , 26 ° 1 ′  E
 
Residents : 1,075 (2006)
Time zone : Moscow time ( UTC + 3 )
Telephone code : (+375) 1593
Postal code : 231 120
Halschany (Belarus)
Halschany
Halschany

Halschany or Golschany ( Belarusian Гальшаны / Halschany ; Russian Гольшаны / Golschany ; Polish Holszany , Lithuanian Alšėnai ) is a village in northwestern Belarus , Hrodsenskaja Woblasz , near the border with Lithuania .

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1280. Originally located in Poland, it came to Russia with the third partition of Poland in 1795 , back to Poland ( Second Polish Republic ) in 1920 and to the Belarusian SSR within the Soviet Union in 1939 . 1941-1944 the place was occupied by German troops.

The main attraction of the place are the ruins of the Halschany Castle. It was built in the early 17th century as the seat of the noble Polish Holszański family and destroyed in the Great Northern War in 1704 .

  • Halschany

  • Street in Halschany

  • church

  • Ruins of Halschany Castle

  • Vincentas Dmachauskas: Ruins of Halschany Castle, 1853

Web links

Commons : Haĺšany  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Гісторыя Гальшанаў (History of Halschany). radzima.org, accessed November 13, 2012 (Belarusian).