Vyshnivets

Vyshnivets Вишнівець
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Vyshnivets is located in Ternopil Oblast Vyshnivets Location of Vyshnivets
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Zbarazh Raion
Founded	1395
Town status	1960
Area
• Total	6 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population (1994)
• Total	3,469
• Density	555/km2 (1,440/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	47313
Area code(s)	+380
Website	gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=10.03.2007&rf7571=30897

Vyshnivets (Ukrainian: Вишнівець, translit. Vyshnivets’; Polish: Wiśniowiec) is an urban-type settlement 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. Before World War II the village was located in Poland.

The town served a family seat of the Polish princely Wiśniowiecki 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.

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  The Wiśniowiecki family palace.

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  Rear view of the Wiśniowiecki family palace.

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  The Voskresenska Church of the town.

See also

• Vyshnivets Palace

External links

• ShtetLinks - Vishnevets at JewishGen