Vylok

Wylok (Ukrainian Вилок; Wilok Russian, Slovak Vylok, Hungarian Tiszaújlak ) is an urban-type settlement in the Western Ukraine ( Transcarpathian Oblast, Rajon Vynohradiv ) about 17 kilometers southwest of the city Vynohradiv and 21 kilometers southeast of the city Berehove.

The approximately 3400 inhabitants place ( 90 percent Hungarian- ) is in the Transcarpathian lowland on the banks of the Tisza river opposite the Hungarian community Tiszabecs. South of the town there is a border crossing to Hungary.

History

The town was first mentioned in writing in 1304 as Wylak. 1657 he is devastated by the Poles and 1661 by the Tatars. 1910, of the Kingdom of Hungary which is in the county Ung place 3,470 inhabitants, of whom 3,411 Hungary. After the end of World War 1 he came to the newly created Czechoslovakia (as part of the Carpathian Ukraine) and was ceded to the end of the second world war to the USSR. In 1959 the place obtained the status of an urban-type settlement.

Attractions

  • Turul a monument, erected in 1903
  • Ordained Roman Catholic Church in 1788, St. Helena
  • Greek Catholic Church from 1806 in the classical style
  • Reformed Church in 1727, rebuilt in 1859
List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by population Zakarpattia Oblast Raions of Ukraine Vynohradiv Raion Classification of objects of the administrative-territorial system of Ukraine Administrative divisions of Ukraine Ung County Khust Irshava Perechyn Chop, Ukraine Batiovo Yasinia Kobyletska Poliana Kolchyno Mizhhirya Zhdeniievo Solotvyno Teresva Chynadiyovo Ust-Chorna Velykyi Bereznyi Velykyi Bychkiv
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