Svaliava

Coordinates: 48°32′50″N 22°59′10″E / 48.54722°N 22.98611°E / 48.54722; 22.98611
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Svaliava
Свалява
City of district significance
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
89300
Area code+380-3133
ClimateDfb
Websitehttp://www.svalyava.org/

Svaliava (

Yiddish: סוואליאווע Svalyave) is a city located on the Latorytsia River in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It was the administrative center of the former Svaliava Raion (district) until 2020, but now it is in Mukachevo Raion. Population: 17,068 (2022 estimate).[1]

Due to the city's complex history, there are also alternative names for it in other languages, including: Czech: Svaljava, German: Schwalbach or Schwallbach, Romanian: Svaliava, Russian: Свалява.

Demographics

The

2001 census officially identified more than 94% of the population.[2]

History

Swaljawa was first mentioned in the 12th century as a small settlement of a Hungarian feudal lord. In the 18th century, the village was annexed to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and was called Schwalbach. These lands later passed to the Count of Schönborn and his descendants. Gradually, Swaljawa became a multinational town with a significant part of the population being ethnic Germans.[3]

According to the census of 1910, 47.1% of the population was Greek Catholic, 26.2% Jewish and 22.9% Roman Catholic. The Jewish population was deported to Auschwitz after the

German occupation of Hungary
, in May 1944, and most of them was murdered there.

After the

malenkij robot" (a corrupted Russian for "small work"), but most of them – more than 20 thousand deportees were killed in the deathcamp after being subjected to various tortures (no water for days, glass powder mixed into their food). A further 50 000, or so Hungarians (not only men, but also women and children) were deported from Szolyva to the Soviet Union or Galicia. They were later exterminated.[4] The site of the camp is now a memorial park established in 1994.[5]

Gallery

  • St. Nicholas Church
    St. Nicholas Church
  • Synagogue in Svaliava
    Synagogue in Svaliava
  • Former synagogue, now a bakery
    Former synagogue, now a bakery
  • Former synagogue
    Former synagogue
  • Jewish cemetery
    Jewish cemetery
  • Memorial park in Svaliava
    Memorial park in Svaliava

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Всеукраїнський перепис населення 2001 | English version | Results | General results of the census | National composition of population | Zakarpattia region". www.ukrcensus.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Deutsche der Ukraine. Wer sind Sie?" (in German). 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  4. ^ https://demokrata.hu/magyarorszag/magyar-holokauszt-77112/
  5. ^ "The memorial park in Svalyava town - Places of interest from a to Z, Places of interest / Places of interest". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-24.

External links

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