Kosowa
Kosowa | ||
Козова | ||
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Oblast : | Ternopil Oblast | |
Rajon : | Kosova district | |
Height : | 356 m | |
Area : | 18.15 km² | |
Residents : | 9,389 (January 1, 2011) | |
Population density : | 517 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 47600 | |
Area code : | +380 3547 | |
Geographic location : | 49 ° 26 ' N , 25 ° 9' E | |
KOATUU : | 6123055100 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 urban-type settlement | |
Mayor : | Petro Vazlavskyi | |
Address: | вул. Дорошенка 3 47600 смт. Козова |
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Kosowa (Ukrainian and Russian Козова , Polish Kozowa ) is an urban-type settlement in western Ukraine about 33 kilometers southwest of the Oblast capital Ternopil on the Koropez River.
history
The place is mentioned in writing for the first time in 1440, in 1650 it was granted Magdeburg city charter and then until 1772 it belonged to the Ruthenian Voivodeship , part of the aristocratic republic of Poland-Lithuania . With the partitions of Poland , the place fell to the Austrian Galicia , here the place was the seat of a district administration between 1854 and 1867 and then finally belonged to the Brzeżany district until 1918 , at the same time a district court was set up in the place. On January 25, 1897, a station was opened on the Halicz – Ostrów – Berezowica state railway line , part of today's Stryj – Ternopil line .
After the end of the First World War, the place became part of Poland (in the Tarnopol Voivodeship ), was briefly occupied by the Soviet Union during World War II and then by Germany until 1944 . In 1940, under Soviet rule, it was finally downgraded to an urban-type settlement , but at the same time it was designated the district capital of the district of the same name.
After the end of the war, the city was added to the Soviet Union , where the city came to the Ukrainian SSR and has been part of today's Ukraine since 1991.
Web links
- Kozowa . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 4 : Kęs – Kutno . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1883, p. 573 (Polish, edu.pl ).