Horodok, Lviv Oblast

Horodok
Городок
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Horodok

Location in Ukraine

Coordinates: 49°47′00″N 23°38′40″E / 49.78333°N 23.64444°E / 49.78333; 23.64444Coordinates: 49°47′00″N 23°38′40″E / 49.78333°N 23.64444°E / 49.78333; 23.64444
Country Ukraine
Region Lviv Oblast
District Horodok Raion
Area
 • Total 30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 15,825
 • Density 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+02:00)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+03:00)
Postal code 81500
Area codes +380 3231
Website місто Городок (Ukrainian)

Horodok (Ukrainian: Городо́к, Polish: Gródek) is a city in Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Horodok Raion. Population: 15,959 (2013 est.)[1].

First mentioned by Nestor the Chronicler in the Primary Chronicle. Also, the Galician–Volhynian Chronicle mentions that the King Daniel of Galicia came to Horodok with his forces to join Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold while they fought with Polish-Hungarians over the Galician land.

In the mid-14th century, together with whole Kingdom of Rus, the settlement was annexed by the Kingdom of Poland. Its name was changed into Grodek, and it remained in Poland for the next 400 years. In 1372, king Jagiello founded here a Roman Catholic parish, also during the reign of Jagiello, Grodek received Magdeburg rights. This was the place where King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Jagiello died on 1 June 1434.

Until the Partitions of Poland, Horodok was part of Ruthenian Voivodeship. A battle between Polish and Cossack forces took place here in 1655 (see Battle of Horodok), in which Bohdan Khmelnytsky defeated Polish forces and than laid siege to Lviv.

In 1772, Horodok was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, as part of Austrian Galicia, where it remained until late 1918. German-speaking settlers established their own colony, called Vorderberg (1788). Austrian authorities closed local Franciscan monastery, turning it into a military depot. In 1903, a monument of Wladyslaw Jagiello was unveiled here, and in 1906, the name of the town was changed from Grodek to Grodek Jagiellonski, in honour of the king.

In the Second Polish Republic, Horodok was the seat of a county in Lwow Voivodeship. The town had three Roman Catholic churches, one Greek-Catholic, and a synagogue. It also was a military garrison, where a subunit of Polish Army’s 5th Infantry Division was stationed. According to the 1921 census, Poles made 72% of the population, Ukrainians 26%, and Jews 2%.

During the Invasion of Poland, Horodok was on 13 September 1939 captured by the Wehrmacht, and later freed by the Red Army, 1945-1991 a part of the Soviet Union.

Churches and Monasteries

Cult one Buildings in Horodok, Lviv Oblast

number The name description address file
Horodok Administrative center of the Horodok Raion in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine
001 Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Stone).[3] Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1633 (Stone). Horodok, Lviv Oblast. (Architectural memo in the city Horodok)st. Kotsyubynskogo, 5
002St. John the Baptist Church[4]Church of St. John the Baptist 1754 (wood). Horodok, Lviv Oblast.((Architectural memo in the city Horodok)) st. Stusa, 12
003Roman Catholic Church the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.[5]Roman Catholic Church the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Church (the Gothic part) was built at the expense of King Wladyslaw Jagiello.((Architectural memo in the city Horodok))Lvivska Street, 4
004Monasterial cells Franciscans church.[6]Monasterial cells of the Franciscans monastery (stone) 1419. Horodok, Lviv Oblast.((Architectural memo in the city Horodok))st. Park, 3
005Church of the Transfiguration in Horodok.[7]Church of the Transfiguration in Horodok, 15th century (the former Franciscan monastery).st. Park, 3
006Church of the Holy Spirit.[8]Church of the Holy Spirit, which was built on the site of the Roman Catholic chapel of St. Barbara. Lvivska Street, 79
007Church of St. Nicholas with a bell tower (1510).[9]Church of St. Nicholas with a bell tower (1510). Built on the site of a wooden church of St. Nicholas of Myra. Street. St. Nicholas
008St. Volodymyr & Olga Church.St. Volodymyr & Olga Church. Horodok (Dovzhanka), Lviv Oblast.Horodok (Dovzhanka)
009The Church of the Beheading of St. John the BaptistThe Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist Horodok, Cherlyany faubourgHorodok(Cherlyany faubourg)

People from Horodok

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Horodok is twinned with:

Notes

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Українська Церковна Архітектура, Церква св. Іоана Хрестителя 1754 рік(in Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ Церква Благовіщення УГКЦ (XIV ст.).(in Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ Городок. Св. Івана Хрестителя 1754(in Ukrainian)
  5. ↑ Костел Воздвиження Чесного Хреста.(in Ukrainian)
  6. ↑ Святопреображенський монастир.(in Ukrainian)
  7. ↑ ГОРОДОЦЬКИЙ ДЕКАНАТ, Храм Преображення Господнього(in Ukrainian)
  8. ↑ Церква Святого Духа(in Ukrainian)
  9. ↑ Церква Св.Миколая (in Ukrainian)
  10. ↑ Martovych, Les
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