Zvenyhorod, Buchach Raion

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.

Zvenyhorod

Звенигород
Coordinates: 49°05′30″N 25°24′10″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionBuchach Raion
Area
 • Total1.050 km2 (0.405 sq mi)
Population
 • Total841
 • Density800.95/km2 (2,074.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48423
Area code(s)+380 3544

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.
  • 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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