Burshtyn

Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 24°37′40″E / 49.25833°N 24.62778°E / 49.25833; 24.62778
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Burshtyn
Бурштин
Burshtyn
City
Pipes of Burshtyn TES (coal-fired power station)
Pipes of Burshtyn TES (coal-fired power station)
Flag of Burshtyn
Flag
Official seal of Burshtyn
Seal
Etymology: Amber (in Ukrainian and Polish)
Burshtyn is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Burshtyn
Burshtyn
Burshtyn is located in Ukraine
Burshtyn
Burshtyn
Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 24°37′40″E / 49.25833°N 24.62778°E / 49.25833; 24.62778
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
MunicipalityBurshtyn
Population
 (2022)
 • Total14,737

Burshtyn (

rail. Burshtyn hosts the administration of Burshtyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 14,737 (2022 estimate).[2]

It developed rapidly and significantly grew in population during the Soviet period. Administratively, Burshtyn is incorporated as a city of regional significance.

The town, which was one of the Jewish

Roman Catholic Church
in the center of the city, which was restored at the beginning of the 21st century.

One of its landmarks is the

soccer club Enerhetyk
.

History

The first mention of this town was in a Halych history book from 1596, where it was referred to as Nove Selo (New village), although the town establishment dates back to 1554.[citation needed] In the second half of the 16th century, the town belonged to the Polish noble Skarbek. In October 1629, a famous battle took place near the city, in which the registered Cossacks and the crown army under the command of Stefan Chmielecki defeated the Tatar attackers led by Salamet-Geray, who were returning with loot from the Belz land.[3] From 1630, the owner of Burshtyn was the tycoon Jabłonowski. during the Polish-Turkish wars of the 17th century (1629, 1675), the city was repeatedly destroyed by raids by Tatars and Turks.

In 1809,

Wolfgang A. Mozart, lived in Burshtyn which at that time was part of the Austrian Empire
. It was the center of Burshtyn District: until 1867, it was the administrative center, until 1919, it was the judicial center. On September 1, 1866, the first Lviv-Chernivtsi train passed through the Burshtyn station.

There is an old Jewish cemetery in Burshtyn, the only surviving testament of once thriving Jewish community in the city. In 1942, there were around 1,700 Jews residing in Burshtyn. German troops entered Burshtyn in July, but in a few weeks the Ukrainian militia were in control. During that time, they initiated a pogrom against the Jews with many arrested, beaten, and robbed. Some Jewish leaders were gathered in the synagogue where they were humiliated, beaten, and had their beards shorn. Ukrainians drank and celebrated throughout the night, while Jews were beaten on the street and their properties looted. When the Germans took control, they established a ghetto and conscripted Jews for forced labor in the town and elsewhere. Jews were rounded up in September and October 1942. Many were killed in the town by German security services and Ukrainian auxiliary police. Most were sent to Belzec where they were immediately murdered or to the Rohatyn ghetto where they were later murdered or sent on to Belzec.[4]

The Jewish cemetery was established in the 18th century with the last known

Hasidic Jewish
burial in the 1940s.

It was in

Burshtyn Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Burshtyn Municipality was merged into the newly established Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.[5][6]

Notable people

Gallery

  • The old Jewish cemetery in Burshtyn
    The old Jewish cemetery in Burshtyn
  • Burshtyn railway station
    Burshtyn railway station
  • Cathedral in Burshtyn
    Cathedral in Burshtyn
  • Amber 1837. Engraving Karel Auer
    Amber 1837. Engraving Karel Auer
  • Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
    Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
  • Ninth issue of standard postage stamps
    Ninth issue of standard postage stamps
  • Sculpture of Soccer ball near the sports complex
    Sculpture of Soccer ball near the sports complex
  • The tomb-chapel of the Skarbeks and Yablonovskys (1813) on the old
    The tomb-chapel of the Skarbeks and Yablonovskys (1813) on the old
  • Jewish cemetery (Amber)
    Jewish cemetery (Amber)
  • Pipes of Burshtyn TES
    Pipes of Burshtyn TES
A large panorama of the outskirts of the city of Burshtyn and the Burshtyn thermal power station

See also

References

  1. ^ "Бурштинська міська громада - Івано-Франківська область". gromada.info. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ Рудницький С. Українські козаки // Коли земля стогнала / упорядник, автор передмови В. Щербак. — К.: Наукова думка, 1995. — С. 259—260. — ISBN 5-319-01072-9.
  4. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7
    .
  5. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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