| Klymets | |
| Native Name: | Климець |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Other Name: | Polish: Klimiets |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Klymets inf Lviv Oblast##Location of Klymets in Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 48.8386°N 23.1781°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Stryi Raion |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1565 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,28 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
| Elevation M: | 777 |
| Population Total: | 342 |
| Population Density Km2: | 267,19 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 82650 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 3251 |
Klymets (Ukrainian: Климе́ць, Polish: Klimiec; German: Klimetz) is a selo (village) in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, of western Ukraine. More specifically, it is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians, within the limits of the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southwestern part of the oblast. Klymets belongs to Kozova rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] It is situated 149km (93miles) from the regional center Lviv, 40km (30miles) from the district center Skole, and 113km (70miles) from Uzhhorod.
Local government — Klymetska village council.[2]
The first written record indicates that the date of foundation is considered to be 1565.[3]
There is other information: the village was established by German colonialists, which in Austrian times founded a colony Karlsdorf (German for Karl's village). The colony existed before the Second World War.[4]
Przemyśl Lands, including Skole District mercilessly suffered from attacks that have been from Tatar-Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' at this time. The massive flight of peasants was observed at the beginning of the 18th century.At the beginning of the 18th century, during the Austrian Empire (since 1867 Austria-Hungary), Skole District and other regions of the Austrian-held Carpathians began to colonize German craftsmen (see Galician Germans). This led to the development of industry and trade in land.
During the war, Klymets was situated at the border between Hungary and Ukraine. According to field research, approximately 12 Jews were murdered by the Germans in the summer of 1942.[5]
Until 18 July 2020, Klymets belonged to Skole 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 Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[6] [7]