Lochvytsia

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Lochvytsia
Лохвиця
Lochwyzja coat of arms
Lochwyzja (Ukraine)
Lochvytsia
Lochvytsia
Basic data
Oblast : Poltava Oblast
Rajon : Lochvytsia district
Height : 105 m
Area : 30.88 km²
Residents : 12,121 (January 1, 2006)
Population density : 393 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 37200
Area code : +380 5356
Geographic location : 50 ° 22 ′  N , 33 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 33 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
KOATUU : 5322610100
Administrative structure : 1 city , 1 village
Address: вул. Перемоги 33
37200 м. Лохвиця
Statistical information
Lochvytsia (Poltava Oblast)
Lochvytsia
Lochvytsia
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Lochwyzja ( Ukrainian Лохвиця ; Russian Лохвица Lochwiza , Polish Łochwica ) is a city in the central Ukrainian Poltava Oblast . It is located on the Sukhaya Lochwyzja river , which flows into the Sula just below the city . Lochwyzja is the administrative seat of the raion of the same name and is divided into the actual city and the village of Krynyzja ( Криниця ). The name of the place is derived from the river, which in turn can be traced back to the Old Slavic word lochwe (salmon).

history

In the place of the present city there was already a fortification of the same name in the time of the Kievan Rus , which was part of the chain of fortifications on the Sula River. Lochwyzja, on the other hand, was first mentioned in a document in 1320. In Polish times it belonged to the possessions of the magnate Wischnewsky. In 1638, 3325 residents lived in the place, with 35 mill wheels in operation. In 1644, Lochwyzja received Magdeburg city rights and a coat of arms. From the 17th and early 18th centuries, Jews settled in the city, which at times made up more than a quarter of the population. In 1781 Lochwyzja received city rights again. At the 1897 census , the city had 8911 inhabitants. The largest ethnic groups at that time were Ukrainians (68.13%), Jews (27.66%) and Russians (3.74%.) In 1904, the eminent Ukrainian architect Vasy Krychevskyi built a People's House (theater) in the city. .

Population development

In the course of the 20th century, however, the city lost its economic importance. This depended u. a. together with the fact that Lochwyzja has its own railway station, but it is 12 km away on the other side of the Sula River. The Soviet industrial town Sawodske was built on this railway line about 8 km northeast of Lochwyzja from 1928 . From 1941 to 1943 the city was occupied by the German Wehrmacht , which carried out a mass shooting in 1942, in which 287 Jews were killed. After the Second World War, the city grew only slowly, until 1989 the population rose to 13,549. In the course of the transition crisis , the population fell by almost 10% in the 1990s.

Education, business, transport

Church of the Annunciation

Lochwyzja has a medical school, a district and a children's hospital. The city's economic focus is on the food and building materials industries. The place is on the territorial road T-19-07, which connects Pyriatyn with Romny. Lochvytsia railway station, on the Kremenchuk - Romodan - Romny - Bachmatsch - Homel line , is 12 km east of the city.

Near the city are the Hlynsko-Rosbyshiv oil and gas fields. The oil is of high quality, it contains up to 55% light oil and only a few sulfates. The gas has approximately 70% highly flammable butane fractions, which is why it is an important raw material in the chemical industry.

Personalities

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Tschyselnist najawnoho naselennja Ukrajiny, Kiev 2006
  2. ↑ In Lochwyzja they said goodbye to the honorary citizen of the city Anatoly Nedovintschanyj on np.pl.ua on May 5, 2019; accessed on July 27, 2020 (Ukrainian)

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