Velykyi Bereznyj

Velykyi Bereznyj

Великий Березний

Velykyi Bereznyj

Basic data

Oblast :

Zakarpattia Oblast

Rajon :

Velykyi Berezny district

Height :

210 m

Area :

4.1 km²

Residents :

6,655 (2004)

Population density :

1,623 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

89000

Area code :

+380 3135

Geographic location :

48 ° 54 ' N , 22 ° 28' E Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '32 " N , 22 ° 27' 36" E

KOATUU :

2120855100

Administrative structure :

1 urban-type settlement

Mayor :

Wassyl Kerezman

Address:

вул. Шевченка 12
89000 смт. Великий Березний

Statistical information

Velykyi Bereznyj

Welykyj Beresnyj (Ukrainian Великий Березний ; Russian Великий Берёзный / Veliki Berjosny , Slovak Veľký Berezný , Hungarian Nagyberezna ) is an urban-type settlement in western Ukraine . The capital of the Velykyj Bereznyj district has about 6600 inhabitants on an area of 4.1 km² and is traversed by the river Ush . The oblast capital Uzhhorod is about 45 kilometers south, the border with Slovakia runs directly along the ridge to the west.

Building of the district administration

Catholic church in town

The place, whose name translated into German means "Great Birch Forest ", was mentioned for the first time in 1409 , and in 1427 it was referred to as Nagberezna in connection with the possessions of the Drugeths . Until 1919 it was part of Hungary in Ung County and during this period it was connected to the railway network in 1894 through the construction of a local railway line from Ungvár (today Uzhhorod), from 1905 the Lviv – Sambir – Chop railway also continued northwards via the Carpathian Mountains to Galicia . In 1910 there were officially 2822 inhabitants, of whom 1120 were Russian-speaking, 930 were German-speaking, 426 were Hungarian-speaking and 300 were Slovak-speaking.

From 1919 to 1938 the place belonged to Czechoslovakia . After becoming part of the Soviet Union in 1945 , it received urban-type settlement status on May 30, 1947 .

For several years now, neighboring Malyj Beresnyj has had a border crossing to the Slovak municipality of Ubľa .

Web links

Commons : Velykyj Bereznyj - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Velykyj Bereznyj / Вел. Березныи. Circle of Friends of Sister Cities Darmstadt eV, archived from the original on June 9, 2004 ; accessed on February 23, 2017 .