Hvizdets
Гвіздець | |
|---|---|
 Monastery in Hvizdets | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Hvizdets  Hvizdets | |
| Coordinates: 48°34′43″N 25°16′55″E / 48.57861°N 25.28194°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kolomyia Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,831 |
Hvizdets (Ukrainian: Гвізде́ць; Polish: Gwoździec; Yiddish: גוואַזדזיעץ, romanized: G'vojiets) is an urban-type settlement in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 19 km (12 mi) east-northeast of Kolomyia, 56 km (35 mi) southeast of Ivano-Frankivsk and 690 km (430 mi) west-southwest of Kyiv. Hvizdets hosts the administration of Hvizdets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 1,831 (2022 estimate).[2]
The town was the site of the Battle of Gwoździec in 1531, during the Polish-Moldavian wars.
Prior to World War II the town was located in Poland. It is the birthplace of Polish film director Jerzy Kawalerowicz, artist Yaroslav Pstrak and politician Andriy Shevchenko.
Alternate names
Hvizdets was formerly known as Gvozdets (Russian), Gwoździec (Polish), Gvozdetz or Gvodzitz or גוואזדזיעץ (Yiddish), Hvizdec', Gvozhdziyets, and Gvozdzets.
Former Jewish population
The Jewish population of Hvizdets in the year 1900 was 1,663 people, who made up a substantial part of the town's population. Nearly all were killed in the Holocaust. The famous Gwoździec Synagogue once stood in the village, however, it was burnt down by the German forces during World War II.
References
- ↑ "Гвоздецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ↑ 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.