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 Vyzhnytsia (Вижниця) |
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Vyzhnytsia (Вижниця) |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
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| Oblast | Chernivtsi | ||
| Rayon | Vyzhnytsia | ||
| Established | 1158 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Oleksiy Georgiyovich Chepil | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 358 m (1,175 ft) | ||
| Population (1 Jan 2012) | |||
| • Total | 4 230 | ||
| Postal code | 59200 | ||
| Area code | 380 3730 | ||
| Website | http://www.vnmiscrada.gov.ua/ | ||
Vyzhnytsia (Вижниця) (Romanian: Vijnița, Vișnița, German: Wischnitza, Wiznitz, Wischnitz, Wyschnyzja, Russian: Вижница) is a town in Vyzhnytsia Rayon, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine on the Cheremosh River. It is the administrative center of Vyzhnytsia Rayon.
In Judaism the town is known as having been the original center of the Hassidic sect bearing its Yiddish name (וויזשניץ Vizhnitz). The town's Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust and most survivors did not return, but the flourishing Vizhnitz Hassidic community in Israel and elsewhere continues to keep the name.
Notable natives and residents[]
- Josef Burg, writer
- Gerard Ciołek, architect
- Menachem Mendel Hager, first Vizhnitser Rebbe
- Nazariy Yaremchuk, singer
- Otto Preminger, director
- Dol Dauber, musician
- Meir Just, Dutch rabbi
Gallery[]
St Michael's Church
St Peter and Paul Catholic Church
St Demetrius Church
Holy Trinity Church
City Hall
Old city of Vyzhnytsia
Children's art house
Vyzhnytsia cinema
Nearby towns[]
- Kuty
- Kosiv
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