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.