Vyshnivets
| Vyshnivets Вишнівець | ||
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  Vyshnivets Location of Vyshnivets | ||
| Coordinates: 49°54′00″N 25°44′00″E / 49.90000°N 25.73333°ECoordinates: 49°54′00″N 25°44′00″E / 49.90000°N 25.73333°E | ||
| Country |
 Ukraine | |
| Oblast |
 Ternopil Oblast | |
| Raion | Zbarazh Raion | |
| Founded | 1395 | |
| Town status | 1960 | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) | |
| Population (1994) | ||
| • Total | 3,469 | |
| • Density | 555/km2 (1,440/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Postal code | 47313 | |
| Area code(s) | +380 | |
| Website |
gska2 | |
Vyshnivets (Ukrainian: Вишнівець, translit. Vyshnivets’; Polish: Wiśniowiec) is an urban-type settlement in the Zbarazkyi Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The town is located on the Horyn River, a right tributary of the Prypiat. The population of the town is 3,469. In 1960, Vyshnivets was changed from the status of a village, to that of an Urban-type settlement. Before World War II the village was located in Poland.
The town served a family seat of the Polish princely Wiśniowiecki family which received its name from the town.
Architectural landmarks in the town include a 15th-century castle; and palace and park, constructed in the 18th century by the Vyshnevetskyi family.
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The Wiśniowiecki family palace.
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Rear view of the Wiśniowiecki family palace.
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The Voskresenska Church of the town.
See also
External links
- ShtetLinks - Vishnevets at JewishGen
- "Urban-type settlement of Vyshnivets". Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- "Vyshnivets". Castles.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- "Vyshnivets: Truth and myths of the kniaz Vyshnevetsky family". Den (Day) (in Ukrainian). September 30, 2005. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- "Vyshnivets". Ternopilska Torhovo-Promyslova Palata (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- Klymenko, Serhiy. "Photo excursion around Vyshnovets". klymenko.data-tec.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- Vlasenko, Petro. "Vyshnivets, Ternopilska Oblast". ua.vlasenko.net (in Russian). Retrieved March 30, 2007.
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