Lytowesch
| Lytowesch | |||
| Литовеж | |||
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| Oblast : | Volyn Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Ivanychi Raion | ||
| Height : | 187 m | ||
| Area : | 4.267 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,507 (2001) | ||
| Population density : | 353 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 45325 | ||
| Area code : | +380 3372 | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 38 ' N , 24 ° 11' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 0721182401 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 6 villages | ||
| Address: | вул. Володимира Якобчука, буд. 11 45325 с. Литовеж |
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| Website : | Official website of the Lytowesch rural community | ||
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Lytowesch ( Ukrainian Литовеж ; Russian Литовеж Litowesch , Polish Litowiż ) is a village in the southwest of the Ukrainian Volyn Oblast with about 1500 inhabitants (2001).
history
The village, first mentioned in written historical sources in 1488, was initially located in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, after it had developed into an administrative center with an area of around 5 hectares, received Magdeburg city rights in 1501 . Two churches were built in the city in the 16th century. According to historical documents, at that time Lytovesh owned an inn and a ship berth on the Bug River, where goods for land transport to the east were unloaded and other goods were loaded for transport to the west. After the Union of Lublin in 1569, Lithuania lost its rule over the village to the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic , where it was located in the Volhynian Voivodeship . Another, third church was built in 1689. After the third partition of Poland , the village came to the Russian Empire in 1795, with 331 inhabitants at that time , where it became part of the Volhynia governorate and border town to the crown land of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . In 1884 the village had 431 inhabitants. During the First World War , the village was badly damaged, especially by shelling of the Austrian artillery. From the summer of 1915 to the end of 1918 Lytowesch was occupied by the Austro-Hungarian army . After the peace treaty of Riga in 1921, the village came to the Second Polish Republic and remained there until the Soviet occupation of eastern Poland as a result of the Hitler-Stalin pact in late September 1939 in the powiat Włodzimierz of the Volyn Voivodeship . After the German invasion of the Soviet Union , the place was occupied by the Wehrmacht between June 22, 1941 and July 19, 1944 . During this time the village was part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine . After the occupation of the village by the Red Army , the village came to the Soviet Union and there into the Ukrainian SSR . Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the village has belonged to the independent Ukraine.
geography
Until July 2016, Lytowesch was the only village of the 42.67 km² district council municipality of the same name in the west of Ivanytschi district and then became the administrative center of the Lytowesch rural municipality with an area of 122.41 km² and a population of 4200 inhabitants, which also included the villages of Bilytschi ( Біличі , ⊙ ) with about 520 inhabitants, Sabolotzi ( Заболотці , ⊙ ) with about 1,000 inhabitants, Sastawne ( Заставне , ⊙ ) with about 850 inhabitants, Kretschiw ( Кречів , ⊙ ) with about 300 inhabitants and Mownyky ( Мовники , ⊙ ) with about 600 inhabitants belong.
Lytowesch lies at an altitude of 187 m on the east bank of the bow , which here forms the border with Lviv Oblast . The village is located 12 km west of Rajonzentrum ivanychi and 95 km west of the Oblastzentrum Lutsk . The P-15 regional road runs through the village, going south to Chervonohrad and north to Novovolynsk .
Web links
- Litowiż . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 15 , part 2: Januszpol – Wola Justowska . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1902, p. 237 (Polish, edu.pl ).
- Municipal Council website on rada.info (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local website on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on April 25, 2019 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b c d Official website of Lytowesch ; accessed on April 25, 2019 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ history Lytowesch in the history of the towns and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on April 25, 2019 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Official website of the Lytowesch rural community ; accessed on April 25, 2019 (Ukrainian)