Rohatyn

Rohatyn (Ukrainian Рогатин, Russian Рогатин / Rogatin, German also Rohatin ) is a city in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. Rohatyn is the administrative center of the Rohatyn Rajons.

Rohatyn in 2004 had 8,461 inhabitants.

History

Rohatyn was first documented in the 12th century. The place name probably derives from the name of her Ruthenia region. Under Polish rule Rohatyn received 1415 Magdeburg rights and developed subsequently become an important commercial center. In the 16th century an important school of icon painting in Rohatyn was born, and in the 1580s an important Orthodox monastery was founded. 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, Rohatyn came to Austria. 1909 a Ukrainian school was founded in 1931 a theological seminary. Between the two world wars, the town belonged to Poland and was here from 1921 in the province Stanislav. In 1939, she was part of the Soviet Union and the end of the Soviet era, part of Ukraine.

Between 1941 and 1944, Rohatyn was occupied by Germany and joined the district of Galicia. On March 20, 1942 2300 Jews were under the direction of Hans Krüger, head of the Security Police in Stanislav, locally shot.

Since 1897, a rail line to Chodoriw and Striy runs south of the village.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Roxelane, ( 1500/06-1558 ) favorite wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I
  • Norbert Glanzberg (1910 - 2001), French composer and pianist.

Photo Gallery

The old wooden church on the site was included along with other wooden churches in the Polish and Ukrainian Carpathians in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013.

City Centre, 2004

Grave, Jewish Cemetery, 2004

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