| Lanivtsi | |
| Native Name: | Ланівці |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Ternopil Oblast |
| Pushpin Map1: | Ukraine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lanivtsi |
| Coordinates: | 49.87°N 26.08°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ternopil Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kremenets Raion |
| Established Title: | Magdeburg rights |
| Established Date: | 1545 |
| Established Title1: | City status |
| Established Date1: | 17 May 2001[1] |
| Leader Title: | City Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.7 |
| Population Total: | 8,215 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 47402 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 3549 |
| Website: | lanivtsi |
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lanivtsi urban hromada |
Lanivtsi (; Russian: Лановцы|Lanovtsy; ; Yiddish: לאַנאָוויץ|Lanovits), is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Lanivtsi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 8,680 (2001).
Lanivtsi received a town charter in 1545 from the Polish king. Until the Partitions of Poland, it was part of Volhynian Voivodeship. Ashkenazy Jews began to settle there later. In 1795–1918, Lanivtsi was occupied by the Russian Empire. In 1897 the Jewish population numbered 1,174 of a total of 2,525 in the city. Numbers of Jews were killed in pogroms, and others immigrated to Western Europe or the United States. By 1921 the population in the city was 640. There was a Tarbut school and yeshiva, and many of the younger people became Zionists.[3]
In the Second Polish Republic between the world wars, Lanivtsi, known then as Łanowce, belonged to Krzemieniec County, Volhynian Voivodeship. For centuries, Lanivtsi was the center of an area of large estates that belonged to several noble families, such as the Jelowicki, Wiśniowiecki, Mniszech and Rzewuski.
In 1939 the town was invaded by the Soviet Union, and then invaded by Nazi Germany in 1941, with occupation starting July 3 of that year. The Germans created a Jewish ghetto in Łanowce, where Jews worked as forced laborers. Jews from neighboring villages were transported and confined there in 1942. From August 13-14, 1942, 1,833 Jews were murdered beside open pits, where they were buried in mass graves. Few survived the Holocaust.
Until 18 July 2020, Lanivtsi was the administrative center of Lanivtsi Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Lanivtsi Raion was merged into Kremenets Raion.[4] [5]