Sudova Vyshnia

Sudova Vyshnia Судова Вишня
City
Town hall
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Sudova Vyshnia Sudova Vyshnia
Coordinates:49°47′21″N23°22′20″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Yavoriv Raion
Hromada	Sudova Vyshnia urban hromada
First mentioned	1230
Magdeburg law	1368
Population (2022)
• Total	6,470
Time zone	UTC+2(EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3(EEST)
Postal code	81340
Area code	+380

Sudova Vyshnia(Ukrainian:Судова Вишня) is a smallcityin theYavoriv Raionof theLviv Oblast (region)ofUkraine.It hosts the administration ofSudova Vyshnia urban hromada,one of thehromadasof Ukraine.Its population is6,470 (2022 estimate).

The town has a number of Catholic cathedrals and a secondary school, and is a market centre for the surrounding agricultural area. In the past the town contained a horse farm, providing a horse stud service for the area, some of the horse studs being very expensive. On the outskirts there is ahippodrome.

Geography

Sudova Vyshnia is located about 50 km (31 mi) west ofLviv,on the highwayM 11(Shehyni–Lviv) and railroad toPrzemyślinPoland.The city is also the terminus of route P40, that stretches all the way toRava-Ruska.

TheVishnyariver flows through the town in a westerly direction, eventually joining theSanin Poland. The railway line (twin track) leads toKrakówand Silesia in Poland, a main route for carrying coal to theformer USSR.

History

Sudova Vyshnia was first mentioned in theGalician–Volhynian Chroniclefor 1230 asVyshnia.In 1340, together with the entirety ofRed Ruthenia,it was annexed by theKingdom of Poland.Until the 1772Partitions of Poland,Sądowa Wisznia, as it was officially called, was part ofPrzemyśl Land,Ruthenian Voivodeship.

Sudova Vyshnia received itsMagdeburg rightstown charter in 1368. Originally, it was called Vyshnia (Wisznia), after the riverWisznia,a tributary of theSan.The adjective Sudova (Polish:Sądowa) was added in 1545, when it became the seat of the generalsejmiksof theRuthenianszlachtaofLesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

In 1772, the town was annexed by theHabsburg Empire,as part ofHabsburg AustrianGalicia,where it remained until late 1918. In theSecond Polish Republic,Sądowa Wisznia belonged toMościskaCounty,Lwów Voivodeship.During the September 1939Invasion of Poland,theBattle of Jaworówtook place in the area of the town.

Whencapturedby theUSSRin theSecond World War,the town had a large main square, cobbled and with a podium – suitable for public meetings.Under Communism,the square was planted over by trees and bushes – no more public meetings. In 1940–1941 and 1944–1959 Sudova Vyshnia was a district seat of the Sudova VyshniaRaionthat eventually was merged withMostyska Raion.

When under the administration ofNazi Germanyduring theSecond World War,being in the area called Galicia since ancient times, it was not considered occupied but a part of theGerman Reich.The currency at that time was theReichsmark,whereas in occupied territories the German administration used theOstmark.German armed forces included a number ofSS divisions,considered elite units; there was also anSS Galiciadivision. Before the war the town had had a Jewish population; only three of its Jews survived the war (two of whom are Frieda Stramer and her brother Dov Stramer), and none remained there afterwards.

AfterWorld War II,the Soviet regime used a Catholic church (Church of St Mary) that existed since the 14th century as a warehouse until 1989.

Today, Sudova Vyshnia is one of the centers of thePoles in Ukraine,with a local office of theAssociation of Polish Culture of the Lviv Land.

Until 18 July 2020, Sudova Vyshnia belonged toMostyska Raion.The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Mostyska Raion was merged into Yavoriv Raion.

Notable people

See also:Category:People from Sudova Vyshnia

Born

• Ivan Vyshenskyi(1550–1620), an Eastern Orthodox monk
• Stefan Czmil(1914–1978), an Eastern Catholic bishop
• Bohdan Shust(born 1986), a professional football player

Resided

• Jan Mars (1853–1924), an owner of Sudova Vyshnia
• Marcin Krowicki(1501–1573), a priest who converted from Catholicism toUnitarianism

Gallery

• 
  Sudova Vyshnia school
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  City's oldest church, Transfiguration Church
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  Transfiguration Church Bell Tower
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  Holy Trinity Church
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  Holy Trinity Church, entrance fresco
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  a street view
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  Church of St Mary, a Helper of Christians

External links

• Brief infoat theVerkhovna Radawebsite
• Sudova Vyshniaat the Castles and temples of Ukraine