Rivne (Lviv Oblast)

Rivne
Рівне
Village
Rivne
Рівне
Coordinates: 49°22′49″N 23°45′50″E / 49.38028°N 23.76389°E
Country Ukraine Ukraine
Oblast Lviv
Raion Drohobych
Area 0.676 km2 (0.261 sq mi)
Population 200
  Density 300/km2 (770/sq mi)

Riwne (Ukrainian: Рівне, German: Königsau, Polish: Równe) is a village (selo) in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine.

The village was established in the course of Josephine colonization by German Roman Catholic settlers in 1783.[1] It was arranged in an unusual manner, within a pentagon, the only such colony in Galicia.[2] In the planning process the village was to have a Catholic church built, which, however, did not happen until 1846.[3][4]

From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Lwów Voivodeship in Poland. In 1936 the name of the municipality was changed to Równe.[4] In January 1940 the local German population was moved out (Heim ins Reich), later replaced by Ukrainians.

References

  1. Lepucki, Henryk (1938). Działalność kolonizacyjna Marii Teresy i Józefa II w Galicji 1772-1790 : z 9 tablicami i mapą (in Polish). Lwów: Kasa im. J. Mianowskiego. pp. 163–165.
  2. Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia. (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 212. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.
  3. H. Lepucki, 1938, p. 103
  4. 4.0 4.1 The History of Königsau. A German-Speaking Roman Catholic Village in Galizia

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