Sudova Vyshnia

Sudowa Wyschnja (Ukrainian Судова Вишня; Russian Судовая Вишня / Sudowaja Wischnja, Polish Sądowa Wisznia ) is a city in the Raion of Mostyska in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It is located on the river Wyschnja, a right tributary of the San

History

First records of the place in the year 1230. 1368 was it was City to Magdeburg rights. In the years of the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth 1340-1772 the place to Przemysl country of Ruthenia Voivodeship belonged. From 1918 to 1939 he was part of the Polish province of Lviv and there to the powiat Mościska. The name was originally only Wisznia what is referred to a settlement on a hill; the extension Sądowa became common from about 1545, when the General Diet of the Ruthenian Voivodeship ( Sejmik Generalny ) met here. In another time, the city received more privileges.

Personalities

• Michał Dutchman, Captain of the Polish Army, initiator of the stud book for Hutsul (1924 )
• Ivan Wyschenskyj (1550-1620), Ruthenian monk and scholar. Representatives of the Orthodox polemical literature

Location

Sudowa Wyschnja is located about 48 kilometers west of Lemberg. Through the city leads the Ukrainian highway M 11, which is part of the European route is 40.

Neighboring towns are: