Komarno (Ukraine)
Komarno | ||
Комарно | ||
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Oblast : | Lviv Oblast | |
Rajon : | Horodok district | |
Height : | 262 m | |
Area : | 10.76 km² | |
Residents : | 3,977 (2004) | |
Population density : | 370 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 81500 | |
Area code : | +380 3231 | |
Geographic location : | 49 ° 38 ' N , 23 ° 42' E | |
KOATUU : | 4620910400 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 city | |
Mayor : | Yevhen Sderko | |
Address: | вул. Січових Стрільців 34 81 500 м. Комарно |
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Komarno (Ukrainian and Russian Комарно , Polish Komarno ) is a town in western Ukraine about 31 kilometers southwest of the Oblast capital Lviv on the Vereschtschyzja River.
The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1324 and received Magdeburg city rights in 1473 . The city belonged to the Austrian Galicia from 1774 to 1918 and was the seat of the Komarno district administration from 1854 to 1867 , after which a district court for the Rudki district was established. After the end of the First World War, the place came to Poland , was briefly occupied by the Soviet Union during World War II and then by Germany until 1944 .
After the end of the war, the city was added to the Soviet Union , where the city became part of the Ukrainian SSR and has been part of today's Ukraine since 1991.
Until March 24, 1992 the place had the official name Komarne (Комарне) and was then renamed to its current name.
There is an old Catholic church and an Orthodox church in the village.
sons and daughters of the town
- Karol Szajnocha (1818–1868), Polish writer and historian
- Vladimir Vysotsky (* 1954), Russian admiral and commander-in-chief of the Russian naval fleet from 2007 to 2012
Web links
- Komarno . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 4 : Kęs – Kutno . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1883, p. 301 (Polish, edu.pl ).