Bratkovychi | |
Native Name: | Братковичі |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast |
Pushpin Label Position: | inline,title |
Coordinates: | 49.79°N 23.59°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Lviv Raion |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1410 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1,295 |
Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
Elevation M: | 247 |
Population Total: | 1314 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 81524 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 3231 |
Website: | село Братковичі / райцентр Городок / облцентр Львів (Ukrainian) |
Bratkovychi (Ukrainian: Братковичі, pol. Bratkowice) is a selo (village) in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Bratkovychi is near the Polish border.Local government - Bratkovytska village council. [2]
Until 18 July 2020, Bratkovychi belonged to Horodok Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Horodok Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.[3] [4]
The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1410.[5]
In Bratkovychi are Greek Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1903.
Bratkovychi gained notoriety in 1996, when two families, the Pilats and the Krychkovskyi, totaling 9 people, were murdered by the serial killer Anatoly Onoprienko.