Vynnyky

Vynnyky Винники
City of district significance
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Coordinates: 49°48′56″N 24°07′47″E / 49.81556°N 24.12972°E / 49.81556; 24.12972Coordinates: 49°48′56″N 24°07′47″E / 49.81556°N 24.12972°E / 49.81556; 24.12972
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Lychakiv Raion
First mentioned	1368
Area
• Total	6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	18,527
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Area code(s)	+380-322

Vynnyky (Ukrainian: Ви́нники) is a city in Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 18,527 (2021 est.)^[1].

The city is part of Lviv Municipality and is part of Lychakiv Raion of the city of Lviv.

History[]

Since the mid-14th century, until the Partitions of Poland, Vynnyky, called in Polish Winniki, belonged to Ruthenian Voivodeship, Kingdom of Poland. From 1772 to 1918, it was part of Austrian Galicia, and in the interbellum period, the town returned to Poland, as part of Lwow Voivodeship. In 1925 the population of the city accounted for 6,000 residents out which 3,300 were Polish, 2,150 – Ruthenians, 350 – Jewish, and 200 – Germans.

Gallery[]

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  Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Vynnyky

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  Stores and cigarette factory in Vynnyky

People from Vynnyky[]

• Andreas Bolek (1894–1945); Austrian Nazi
• Myron Markevych — Ukrainian football manager
• Antoni Laub – Polish painter
• Robert Reyman – general of the Polish Army
• Jerzy Rosolowicz – Polish painter

International Relations[]

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Vynnyky is twinned with:

• Dębica, Poland^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• (in Polish) Winniki (2.) (Vynnyky) in Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1893)
• (in English) Jewish history of the town.

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