Velykyi Bereznyi

Welykyj Berezny (Ukrainian Великий Березний; Russian Великий Берёзный / Veliky Berjosny, Slovak Velky Berezny, Hungarian Nagyberezna ) is an urban-type settlement in western Ukraine. The capital of Rajons Welykyj Berezny has passed through approximately 6600 inhabitants in an area of 4.1 km ² and is the river Usch. The Oblasthauptstadt Uzhhorod is located about 45 kilometers south of the border with Slovakia runs directly along the westerly ridge.

The town, whose name translated into German in about " Big Birch Forest" means, is first mentioned in 1409, in 1427 he is referred to in connection with the possessions of the Drugeths as Nagberezna. Until 1919 he is part of Hungary, in the county of Ung and receives during this period in 1894 by the construction of a local railway line from Ungvár (now Uzhhorod ), starting a connection to the railway network in 1905, the route even further north across the Carpathians to Galicia ( railway Lviv - Sambir - Chop ). 1910 live officially in 2822 inhabitants of which 1120 russinischsprachig, 930 are German, Hungarian- 426 and 300 slowakischsprachig. After being in 1945 became part of the Soviet Union, he gets 1947, the Statute of the urban-type settlement.

For several years Welykyj Berezny has a border crossing into the adjacent location Slovak Ubľa.

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