Rivne, Lviv Oblast Explained

Rivne
Native Name:Ukrainian: Рівне
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Drohobych
Coordinates:49.3803°N 23.7639°W
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Area Total Km2:0.676
Population Total:200
Population Density Km2:auto

Rivne (Ukrainian: Рівне, German: Königsau, Polish: Równe) is a village (selo) in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, in west Ukraine. It belongs to Medenychi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

The village was established in the course of Josephine colonization by German Roman Catholic settlers in 1783.[2] It was arranged in an unusual manner, within a pentagon, the only such colony in Galicia.[3] In the planning process the village was to have a Catholic church built, which, however, did not happen until 1846.[4] [5]

From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Lwów Voivodeship in Poland. In 1936 the name of the municipality was changed to Równe.[5] In January 1940 the local German population was moved out (Heim ins Reich), later replaced by Ukrainians.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Меденицька територіальна громада . decentralization.gov.ua . uk.
  2. Book: Lepucki, Henryk. Działalność kolonizacyjna Marii Teresy i Józefa II w Galicji 1772-1790 : z 9 tablicami i mapą . Kasa im. J. Mianowskiego. Lwów. 1938. 163–165. Polish.
  3. Book: Rąkowski, Grzegorz. Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia.. Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". Pruszków. 2013. 978-83-62460-31-1. 212. Polish.
  4. H. Lepucki, 1938, p. 103
  5. http://www.koenigsau-galizien.de/gb%20village%20history.htm The History of Königsau. A German-Speaking Roman Catholic Village in Galizia