Pidhirzi (Brody)
| Pidhirtsi | |||
| Підгірці | |||
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| Oblast : | Lviv Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Brody Raion | ||
| Height : | 399 m | ||
| Area : | 2.394 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,076 (2004) | ||
| Population density : | 449 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 80660 | ||
| Area code : | +380 3266 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 56 ' N , 24 ° 59' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 4620384801 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 2 villages | ||
| Mayor : | Marjan Dmytrovytsch | ||
| Address: | 80660 с. Підгірці | ||
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Pidhirzi (Ukrainian Підгірці ; Russian Подгорцы / Podgorzy , Polish Podhorce , German also Podhorze ) is a village in Lviv Oblast , Ukraine .
It is located 24 km southwest of Brody in the direction of Lviv . The 399 m above sea level M. located place offers a wide view to the north into the Volhynian plain on the river Styr .
The village of Sahirzi (Загірці) also belongs to the district council of the same name .
5 km to the northwest is the town of Olesko with its castle, the birthplace of the Polish King John III. Sobieski .
The place became famous for the important Sanguszko Castle , which is surrounded by a large park ("Ukrainian Versailles"). During the First World War , the castle was temporarily the seat of the V Corps Command of the German Army.
Beyond the park sits the huge Sunna Palace Chapel, a kind of St. Peter's Basilica on the outskirts of Galicia.
The place was mentioned for the first time in 1076 and was in the aristocratic republic of Poland-Lithuania until 1772 , after that it belonged to Austrian Galicia until 1918 , came to Poland after the end of the First World War (in the Tarnopol Voivodeship , Powiat Złoczów, Gmina Podhorce), was occupied by the Soviet Union from September 1939 to summer 1941 , then by Germany until 1944 during World War II . Since 1944 it was part of the Ukrainian SSR and since 1991 it is part of today's Ukraine.
literature
- Illustrated guide to the kk Österr. State railways for the routes ... / written and edited by Adolf Inlender , Issue 32, Druck und Verlag der Buch- und Künsterei, Vienna, pp. 4–13.
Web links
- Podhorce 3.) P., wś, pow. złoczowski . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 8 : Perepiatycha – Pożajście . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1887, p. 392 (Polish, edu.pl ).
- Historical picture of the castle, the visit of Wilhelm II and historical site plan
- http://kingdom.kiev.ua/ukraine/region/13/pidgirzi.html (UA)
- http://www.castles.com.ua/index.php?id=gor (UA)
- Map of the area