Vyshnivets

Coordinates: 49°54′00″N 25°44′00″E / 49.9, 25.733333
Vyshnivets Вишнівець
Map of Ukraine with Vyshnivets highlighted.
Vyshnivets Location of Vyshnivets
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Ternopil Oblast Zbarazkyi Raion
Founded	1395
Town status	1960
Area
- Total	6 km² (2.3 sq mi)
Population (1994)
- Total	3,469
- Density	555/km² (1,437.4/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	47313
Area code(s)	+380
Website: Verkhovna Rada website

Vyshnivets (Ukrainian: Вишнівець, translit. Vyshnivets’; Polish: Wiśniowiec) is a small town in the Zbarazkyi Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The town is located on the Horyn River, a right tributary of the Prypiat. The population of the town is 3,469. In 1960, Vyshnivets was changed from the status of a village, to that of an Urban-type settlement.

The town served a family seat of the Ruthenian princely Vyshnevetsky family which received its name from the town.

Architectural landmarks in the town include a 15th century castle; and palace and park, constructed in the 18th century by the Vyshnevetskyi family.

Rear view of the Vyshnevetsky family palace.

The Voskresenska Church of the town.

[edit] External links

ShtetLinks - Vishnevets at JewishGen
Urban-type settlement of Vyshnivets (Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
Vyshnivets (Ukrainian). Castles.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
Vyshnivets: Truth and myths of the kniaz Vyshnevetsky family (Ukrainian). Den (Day) (September 30, 2005). Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
Vyshnivets (Ukrainian). Ternopilska Torhovo-Promyslova Palata. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
Klymenko, Serhiy. Photo excursion around Vyshnovets (Ukrainian). klymenko.data-tec.net. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
Vlasenko, Petro. Vyshnivets, Ternopilska Oblast (Russian). ua.vlasenko.net. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.

Administrative divisions of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Administrative center: Ternopil

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