Monastery island

Monastyrskyi Ostriv Monastery ; Island
Waters	Dnepr
Geographical location	48 ° 27 '58 " N , 35 ° 4' 27" E Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '58 " N , 35 ° 4' 27" E
length	1.95 km
width	250 m
surface	40 ha
Residents	uninhabited

The monastery island ( Ukrainian Монастирський острів / Monastyrskyj ostriw , Russian Монастырский остров ) is a river island of the Dnieper in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro .

history

As far as it is known, it was first mentioned by name in the 17th and 19th centuries as " Burakowski " ( Russian. Бураковский ) or as " Bogomolowski " ( Russian. Богомоловский ). In 1926 the island was renamed " Komsomolski " ( Russian: Комсомольский ) and is now called Monastery Island, as there was a Byzantine monastery on the island in the 9th century .

Geographical location

The island is located in the Sobor district and forms part of the Shevchenko Park , from whose mainland part it is separated by the Bishop Canal , a branch of the Dnieper.

Sights and development

The island is connected to the rest of the city by a cable car and footbridge . The Merefa-Kherson Bridge , a railway bridge that connects the two Dneprufs with each other, runs across the northern part of the island .

In 1958 one of the greatest monuments in Ukraine was built in honor of Taras Shevchenko and in 1999 the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas was completed on the north side of the island .

There is also a freshwater aquarium , a zoo , some water sports clubs and a few other attractions on the island . There is also a sandy beach on the south side.

Individual evidence

↑ Wolfgang Hartung: The beginnings of the Lindau women's monastery. In: Uwe Ludwig and Thomas Schilp (ed.): Nomen et Fraternitas, Berlin 2008, p. 699-717 , here p. 717 ( ISBN 978-3-11-020238-0 ): Quote: This concise description of the location of the document makes It is clear that the "monastery island" was seaward from today's island of Lindau, because a whitse presupposes a nearer or smaller "lake".

Web links

Commons : Klosterinsel - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Article on the monastery island , accessed on http://discover-ukraine.info on June 13, 2013
Article about the island with legends, facts & history , at http://dp.vgorode.ua/ accessed on June 13, 2013
Detailed article on the website of the city administration , accessed on June 13, 2013

[1] Wolfgang Hartung: The beginnings of the Lindau women's monastery. In: Uwe Ludwig and Thomas Schilp (ed.): Nomen et Fraternitas, Berlin 2008, p. 699-717 , here p. 717 ( ISBN 978-3-11-020238-0 ): Quote: This concise description of the location of the document makes It is clear that the "monastery island" was seaward from today's island of Lindau, because a whitse presupposes a nearer or smaller "lake".