Rivne
Рівне Königsau Równe | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 49°22′49″N 23°45′50″E / 49.38028°N 23.76389°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | ![]() |
Raion | Drohobych |
Area | 0.676 km2 (0.261 sq mi) |
Population | 200 |
• Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
Rivne (Ukrainian: Рівне, German: Königsau, Polish: Równe) is a village (selo) in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, in west Ukraine. It belongs to Medenychi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
The village was established in the course of Josephine colonization by German Roman Catholic settlers in 1783.[2] It was arranged in an unusual manner, within a pentagon, the only such colony in Galicia.[3] In the planning process the village was to have a Catholic church built, which, however, did not happen until 1846.[4][5]
From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Lwów Voivodeship in Poland. In 1936 the name of the municipality was changed to Równe.[5] In January 1940 the local German population was moved out (Heim ins Reich), later replaced by Ukrainians.