Obertyn

Obertyn (Ukrainian: Обертин; Polish: Obertyn; Hebrew: אוברטין; also Obertin) is an urban-type settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Obertyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 2,920 (2022 estimate).[2]

Obertyn
Обертин
Urban-type settlement
Flag of Obertyn
Flag
Coat of arms of Obertyn
Coat of arms
Obertyn is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Obertyn
Obertyn
Obertyn is located in Ukraine
Obertyn
Obertyn
Coordinates: 48°42′N 25°10′E
CountryUkraine
OblastIvano-Frankivsk
RaionIvano-Frankivsk
HromadaObertyn settlement hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total2,920

History

The Battle of Obertyn took place here on August 22, 1531, fought between Moldavian Prince Petru Rareş and Polish King Zygmunt Stary. The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokutia. The town had an important Jewish community before World War II.[3] In June and September 1942 the Nazis transported Jews of the town to the extermination camp in Bełżec.[4] In 1943 the German occupiers killed nearly all the remaining Jews in Obertyn by shooting them or burning them alive in their houses. Only one child, Christina Carmi, survived the massacre.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Obertyn belonged to Tlumach Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Tlumach Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.[6][7]

References
  1. "Обертинская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. "AfterMarket.pl :: Domain moreshet.pl".
  4. "History - Jewish community before 1989 - Obertyn - Virtual Shtetl". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  5. https://www.rbb-online.de/kontraste/archiv/kontraste-vom-16-01-2020/wunsch-nach-beisetzung-in-ehemaligen-konzentrationslagern.html, in German language, January 21st 2020
  6. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.

48°42′N 25°10′E

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