Vyzhnytsia
Vyzhnytsia Вижниця | |||
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Woodcraft school in Vyzhnytsia | |||
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Vyzhnytsia Vyzhnytsia Location within Ukraine | |||
Coordinates: 48°15′0″N 25°11′30″E / 48.25000°N 25.19167°E | |||
Country | Ukraine | ||
Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast | ||
District | Vyzhnytsia Raion | ||
Founded | 1158 | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Alex G. Chepil | ||
Area | |||
• Land | 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 356 m (1,168 ft) | ||
Population (2015) | |||
• Total | 4,068 | ||
Zip Code | 59200 | ||
Area code(s) | +380-3730 | ||
Website |
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Vyzhnytsia (Ukrainian: Ви́жниця, pronounced [ˈβɪʒnɪt͡sʲɑ]; German: Wischnitza or Wiznitz, Romanian: Vijnița, Russian: Вижница, translit. Vizhnitsa, Yiddish: וויזשניץ Vizhnitz) is a town located on the Cheremosh River in Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vyzhnytsia Raion. Population: 4,068 (2015 est.)[1]
In Judaism the town is known as having been the original center of the Hassidic sect bearing its Yiddish name (וויזשניץ Vizhnitz). The town's Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust and most survivors did not return, but the flourishing Vizhnitz Hassidic community in Israel and elsewhere continues to keep the name.
Notable natives and residents
- Josef Burg, writer
- Gerard Ciołek, architect
- Menachem Mendel Hager, first Vizhnitser Rebbe
- Nazariy Yaremchuk, singer
- Otto Preminger, director
- Dol Dauber, musician
- Meir Just, Dutch rabbi
Gallery
- St Michael's Church
- St Peter and Paul Catholic Church
- St Demetrius Church
- Holy Trinity Church
- City Hall
- Old city of Vyzhnytsia
- Children's art house
- Vyzhnytsia cinema
Nearby towns
References
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
Coordinates: 48°15′N 25°11.5′E / 48.250°N 25.1917°E
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