Ulič

Ulič (Hungarian Utcás - until 1907 Ulics , Russian Уліч / Ulitsch ) is a municipality in Okres Snina ( Prešovský kraj ) in the extreme east of Slovakia with 841 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the traditional landscape of Zemplín .

geography

The village is located in a valley in the Bukovské vrchy Mountains at the confluence of the Zbojský stream and the Ulička stream . The state border with Ukraine runs two kilometers east, the Ulička valley falls towards Ukraine and the river flows into the Ush behind the border. The more than 25 km² large municipal area is quite mountainous, covered by flysch and Quaternary sediments and mostly forested (beech, oak and spruce). The center of the village lies at an altitude of 245 m nm and is 32 kilometers away from Snina .

history

Ulič was first mentioned in writing in 1451 as Hvlydch and was founded around 1400 under Wallachian law . The village was part of the Humenné estate, belonging to the Szirmay family since the 18th century . In 1557 there was a meier and eight porta . In 1784 there were 67 houses and 479 inhabitants and in 1828 there were 61 houses and 467 inhabitants who were employed in forestry, weaving and wooden equipment manufacture, but also commuted to work elsewhere. In 1908 a narrow-gauge forest railway ( track 760 mm ) from today's Ukrainian Sabrid ( Rajon Welykyj Beresnyj ) to Nová Sedlica was completed, which lasted until 1945.

Until 1918, the place in Semplin County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then came to Czechoslovakia or now Slovakia. As a result of the Slovak-Hungarian War , the village belonged again to Hungary from 1939 to 1944.

After the Second World War, some families moved to the area around Kráľovský Chlmec . In 1967, a wood processing plant called Tvarona was set up in Ulič , and it still exists today.

population

According to the 2011 census, Ulič had 932 inhabitants, of whom 476 were Slovaks, 294 Russians, 85 Roma, 21 Ukrainians, three Germans, two Czechs and one Magyar. 50 residents gave no answer. 444 residents committed to the Orthodox Church, 286 residents to the Greek Catholic Church, 66 residents to the Jehovah's Witnesses, 30 residents to the Roman Catholic Church, four residents to the Evangelical Church AB and one resident each to the Brethren Church and the Jewish community. 47 residents had no denomination and the denomination of 53 residents has not been determined.

Results after the 2001 census (1078 inhabitants):

By ethnicity:

70.96% Slovaks
21.06% Russians
4.55% Roma
2.50% Ukrainians
0.28% Czechs
0.09% Poland

By denomination:

47.03% Orthodox
34.42% Greek Catholic
5.10% non-denominational
4.08% Roman Catholic
0.46% no information

Attractions

Greek Catholic Church of St. Nicholas in neo-baroque style from 1867
orthodox church from 1995
Hikes in the Bukovské vrchy, including the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Havešová and Rožok ( primeval beech forests and ancient beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe ) are just beyond the municipal boundary

Infrastructure

In Ulič, the basic infrastructure is well developed except for gas pipelines, with existing water and sewage pipes as well as a sewage treatment plant and a connection to the cable network. There is a post office and the community runs a kindergarten and a primary school. From the rest of Slovakia, the village and the entire valley can only be reached via the national road 558 from Stakčín . The connection to Ubľa (national road 566) is unfinished and there is no continuation to Ukraine. There is a bus connection several times a day to and from Snina. The nearest Slovak train station is in Stakčín, around 28 kilometers away.

Individual evidence

Web links

Entry on e-obce.sk (Slovak)

[1] 2011 census by ethnicity (Slovak)

[2] 2011 census by denomination (Slovak)