Vynnyky

Vynnyky Винники
City of district significance
View of Vynnyky.
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Vynnyky Location of Vynnyky, Ukraine
Vynnyky
Coordinates: UA 49°48′56″N 24°07′47″E / 49.81556°N 24.12972°ECoordinates: UA 49°48′56″N 24°07′47″E / 49.81556°N 24.12972°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Lviv Municipality	Lychakiv Raion
First mentioned	1368
Area
• Total	6.7 km^2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	16,278
• Density	2,037.91/km^2 (5,278.2/sq mi)
Area code(s)	+380-322

Vynnyky (Ukrainian: Ви́нники) is a city in Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 16,278 (2013 est.)^[1].

The city is part of Lviv Municipality and is part of Lychakiv Raion of the city of Lviv.

History

Since the mid-14th century, until the Partitions of Poland, Vynnyky, called in Polish Winniki, belonged to Ruthenian Voivodeship, Kingdom of Poland. From 1772-1918, it was part of Austrian Galicia, and in the interbellum period, the town returned to Poland, as part of Lwow Voivodeship. In 1925 the population of the city accounted for 6000 residents out which 3300 were Polish, 2150 - Ruthenians, 350 - Jewish, and 200 - Germans.

Gallery

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  Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Vynnyky

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  Residential buildings in Vynnyky

People from Vynnyky

• Andreas Bolek (1894-1945); Austrian Nazi
• Myron Markevych — Ukrainian football manager
• Antoni Laub - Polish painter
• Robert Reyman - general of the Polish Army
• Jerzy Rosolowicz - Polish painter

International relations

Twin towns - sister cities

Vynnyky is twinned with:

• Dębica, Poland^[2]

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. "Partnerstwo Samorządów Siłą Europy". Europa Miast (in Polish). Retrieved 2013-08-13.

External links

• (Polish) Winniki (2.) (Vynnyky) in Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1893)
• (English) Jewish history of the town.