| Horodok | |||||||
| Native Name: | Городок | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||
| Other Name: | Polish: Gródek Jagielloński | ||||||
| Settlement Type: | City | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ukraine##Location in Lviv Oblast | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 49.7833°N 23.6444°W | ||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Lviv Oblast | ||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Lviv Raion | ||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Horodok urban hromada | ||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 30 | ||||||
| Population Total: | 16,085 | ||||||
| Population As Of: | 2022 | ||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||
| Timezone1: | EET | ||||||
| Utc Offset1: | +02:00 | ||||||
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST | ||||||
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +03:00 | ||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||
| Postal Code: | 81500 | ||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area codes | ||||||
| Area Code: | +380 3231 | ||||||
| Website: | місто Городок (Ukrainian) | ||||||
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Horodok (Ukrainian: Городок; Polish: Gródek Jagielloński) is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population:
Horodok was first mentioned by Nestor the Chronicler in the Primary Chronicle. The Galician–Volhynian Chronicle mentions that the King Daniel of Galicia came to Horodok with his forces to join Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold while they fought with Polish-Hungarians over the Galician land.
In the mid-14th century, together with whole Kingdom of Rus, the settlement was annexed by the Kingdom of Poland. Its name was changed to Gródek, and it remained in Poland for the next 400 years. In 1372, King Władysław II Jagiełło founded here a Roman Catholic parish. During this reign, Gródek also received Magdeburg rights. This was the place where King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Jagiełło died on 1 June 1434.
Until the First Partition of Poland, Gródek was administratively located in the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province. A battle between Ukrainian Cossack and Polish forces took place here in 1655 (see Battle of Horodok (1655)), in which Ukrainian Cossack Bohdan Khmelnytsky defeated Polish forces and then laid siege to Lviv.
In 1772, Gródek was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, as part of Austrian Galicia, where it remained until late 1918. German-speaking settlers established their own colony, called Vorderberg (1788). Austrian authorities closed local Franciscan monastery, turning it into a military depot. In 1903, a monument to Władysław II Jagiełło was unveiled here, and in 1906, the name of the town was changed from Gródek to Gródek Jagielloński, in honour of the king. During World War I, Horodok was twice the location of fierce battles: In the Battle of Gródek (1914), the advancing Russian army captured the town from Austria-Hungary, and a year later, a combined German and Austro-Hungarian force fought the Russians in the Battle of Gródek (1915).
In the Second Polish Republic, Gródek was the seat of a county in Lwów Voivodeship. The town had three Roman Catholic churches, one Greek-Catholic, and a synagogue. It also was a military garrison, where a unit of Polish Army’s 5th Infantry Division was stationed. According to the 1921 census, Poles made 72% of the population, Ukrainians 26%, and Jews 2%.
During the Invasion of Poland, Gródek was captured by the Wehrmacht on 13 September 1939, and later taken over by the Red Army. In 1939-1941, Russian-communist repressed the peaceful population of the city, especially against representatives of the Polish inteligentsia. It was then recaptured by the Germans in 1941. At this time, the Jewish population of Gródek was approximately 5,000 people,[2] or 800 families.[3] During the summer of 1942, approximately half of the Jews in Gródek were murdered by the Nazis assisted, in some cases, by their local Ukrainian auxiliaries.[4] The remainder were shot and buried in mass graves on 3 February 1943 in the final liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in the town. Only a few Jews survived the war.
From 1945–1991, Gródek was a part of the Soviet Union, and returned to its historical name of Horodok (Городок). Since 1991 it has been part of Ukraine.
Until 18 July 2020, Horodok was the administrative center of 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.[5] [6]
| number | The name | description | address | file | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horodok | Administrative center of the Horodok Raion in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine | |||||
| 001 | Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Stone).[7] | Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1633 (Stone). Horodok, Lviv Oblast. (Architectural memo in the city Horodok) | st. Kotsiubynskoho, 5 | |||
| 002 | St. John the Baptist Church[8] | Church of St. John the Baptist 1754 (wood). Horodok, Lviv Oblast.((Architectural memo in the city Horodok)) | st. Stusa, 12 | |||
| 003 | Roman Catholic Church the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.[9] | Roman Catholic Church the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Church (the Gothic part) was built at the expense of King Wladyslaw Jagiello.((Architectural memo in the city Horodok)) | Lvivska Street, 4 | |||
| 004 | Church of the Transfiguration in Horodok.[10] | Church of the Transfiguration in Horodok, 15th century (the former Franciscan monastery). | st. Park, 3 | |||
| 005 | Church of the Holy Spirit.[11] | Church of the Holy Spirit, which was built on the site of the Roman Catholic chapel of St. Barbara. | Lvivska Street, 79 | |||
| 006 | Church of St. Nicholas with a bell tower (1510).[12] | Church of St. Nicholas with a bell tower (1510). Built on the site of a wooden church of St. Nicholas of Myra. | Street. St. Nicholas | |||
| 007 | St. Volodymyr & Olga Church. | St. Volodymyr & Olga Church. Horodok (Dovzhanka), Lviv Oblast. | Horodok (Dovzhanka) | |||
| 008 | The Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist | The Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist Horodok, Cherlyany faubourg | Horodok (Cherlyany faubourg) |
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine.
Horodok is twinned with:
