Zvenyhorod, Buchach Raion

Zvenyhorod
Звенигород
Coordinates: 49°05′30″N 25°24′10″E / 49.09167°N 25.40278°E / 49.09167; 25.40278Coordinates: 49°05′30″N 25°24′10″E / 49.09167°N 25.40278°E / 49.09167; 25.40278
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Ternopil Oblast
Raion Buchach Raion
Area
 • Total 1.050 km2 (0.405 sq mi)
Population (2001 census)
 • Total 841
 • Density 800.95/km2 (2,074.5/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 48423
Area code(s) +380 3544

Zvenyhorod (Ukrainian: Звенигород, Polish: Dźwinogród) is a village in the Buchach Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Strypa River, a left tributary of the Dniester river, flows near of the village.

History

First written mention comes from the 18th century. Then belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary) empires, in 1918-1919 to West Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine.

Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.

Attractions

  • Church in the Temple of the Blessed Virgin
  • Chapel (2002)
  • Roman Catholic Church (1934)

Sources

  • (in Ukrainian) П. Слюсарчук, Г. Яворський, Звенигород // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 643. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
  • (in Polish) Dźwinogród (3) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, volume II (Derenek — Gżack) published 1881, S. 311. (in Polish)

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