Vyzhnytsia

Vyzhnytsia Вижниця
City
Woodcraft school in Vyzhnytsia
Flag Coat of arms
Vyzhnytsia Location within Ukraine Show map of Chernivtsi Oblast Vyzhnytsia Vyzhnytsia (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°15′0″N 25°11′30″E / 48.25000°N 25.19167°E / 48.25000; 25.19167
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	www.vnmiscrada.gov.ua

Vyzhnytsia (Ukrainian: Ви́жниця, pronounced [ˈβɪʒnɪtsʲɑ]; 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

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  St Michael's Church
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  St Peter and Paul Catholic Church
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  St Demetrius Church
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  Holy Trinity Church
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  City Hall
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  Old city of Vyzhnytsia
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  Children's art house
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  Vyzhnytsia cinema

Nearby towns

• Kuty
• Kosiv

External links

• Tours to Vyzhnytsia (Wiznitz, וויזשניץ)

References

Coordinates: 48°15′N 25°11.5′E / 48.250°N 25.1917°E / 48.250; 25.1917