Yavoriv

Yavoriv
Яворів
Jaworów
City

Yavoriv city hall

Coat of arms
Yavoriv
Yavoriv
Coordinates: 49°56′49″N 23°23′35″E / 49.94694°N 23.39306°E / 49.94694; 23.39306
Country  Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
Raion Yavorivskyi Raion
Founded 14th century
Magdeburg law 1569
Area
 • Total 23.35 km2 (9.02 sq mi)
Elevation 296 m (971 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Total 12,905
 • Density 569.050/km2 (1,473.83/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 81000
Area code(s) +380-3259

Yavoriv (Ukrainian: Яворів; Polish: Jaworów) is a city located in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine near the Polish border. It is the administrative center of Yavoriv Raion and rests approximately 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of the oblast capital, Lviv. Population: 12,905 (2013 est.)[1].

Not far from it is the watering-place of Shklo with sulfur springs.

History

The town was first mentioned in written documents in 1376, when it belonged to the Duke of Opava and Racibórz, Wacław. It received Magdeburg rights in 1569, from King Sigismund II Augustus. It was a favorite residence of king John III Sobieski, who there received the congratulations from the Pope on his success against the Turks at Vienna (1683).[2]

Until the Partitions of Poland, Jaworów, was an important center of commerce, located along main merchant route from Jarosław to Lwów. In 1772 it was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, as part of Austrian Galicia, where it remained until late 1918. In Galicia, it was the seat of a county, with the population of almost 11,000 (Poles, Jews, Ukrainians and Czechs).

The Jews of the village were merchants or artisans. There was a synagogue. The Germans arrived in June 26, 1941. A Jewish ghetto was established in fall 1942. Before the creation of the ghetto, 1,200 Jews were deported to Belzec. In April 16, 1943, the Jews of the ghetto were taken to the forest. 4,400 Jews were shot in four graves.[3]

In the immediate post-World War One period, the area of Jaworów witnessed Polish - Ukrainian fighting (see Polish-Ukrainian War). Here in 1919, authorities of the West Ukrainian People's Republic murdered 17 Polish prisoners, whom they accused of plotting against the government. After the war, the town became part of the Second Polish Republic, where it remained until the Invasion of Poland in September 1939.

Among notable people born here are Władysław Langner (General of the Polish Army), Stanisław Nowakowski (president of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association), and mathematician Wawrzyniec Zmurko.

Gallery

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Yavoriv is twinned with:

City Country Year
Jarosław Poland Poland 2006
Węgorzewo Poland Poland
Lubaczów Poland Poland
Trakai Lithuania Lithuania
Yavoriv city centre.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jaworów". Encyclopædia Britannica 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 294.
  3. ↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/yavoriv-lviv-ukraine.347

Coordinates: 49°56′49″N 23°23′35″E / 49.94694°N 23.39306°E / 49.94694; 23.39306

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