Vyshnia, Horodok Raion

Vyshnia (Ukrainian: Ви́шня), (the former name – Benkova Vyshnia (Ukrainian: Бенькова Вишня) – is a selo (village) in the Horodok Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine.
The population of the village is about 1819 people [1] and Local government is administered by Vyshnianska village council.[2]

Vyshnia

Вишня
village
Vyshnia
Coordinates: 49°40′36″N 23°28′59″E
Country Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
District Horodok Raion
Established1438
Area
 • Total4,290 km2 (1,660 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
264 m (866 ft)
Population
 • Total1,819
 • Density0.42/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
81540
Area code+380 3231
Websiteсело Вишня/райцентр Городок (Ukrainian)

Geography

The village Vyshnia is located in the Horodotsky Raion (Horodok Raion), at a distance of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Highway Ukraine ( H13) – Lviv – Sambir – Uzhhorod. Area of the village totals is 4,29 km2 and is located along the Vyshnia River (a right tributary of the San River) on the altitude of 264 metres (870 ft) above sea level.
A distance from Vyshnia to the district center Horodok is 24 kilometres (15 mi), to the regional center of Lviv is 48 kilometres (30 mi) and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the Rudky.

History and Attractions

The first written record of the village dates from 1438. In the 18th century these lands belonged to the family Urbanski.[3] Fredro family had settled in the village Bieńkowa Wisznia in 1797.
In the village is an architectural monument of local importance of Horodok Raion, Lviv Oblast.[4] It is a wooden Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian (1805).[5]

Famous people

Aleksander Fredro lived on the family estate in the Benkova Vyshnia.[6]

References
  1. Село Вишня (Львівська обл.): карта вулиць, фото (in Ukrainian)
  2. Vyshnianska village council
  3. Ignacy Urbański h. Nieczuja
  4. Пам'ятки архітектури Городоцького району/Церква Св. Косми і Дем”яна з дзвіницею (мур.)1805 р.(N-1347)
  5. Вишня/Церква Свв. Кузьми і Дем'яна 1805 (in Ukrainian)
  6. Aleksander Fredro Biography

Literature
  • Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Городоцький район, Вишня. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 257 (in Ukrainian)


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