Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a
city located on the
Strypa River
The Strypa ( uk, Стрипа; hu, Sztripa) is a river in Ternopil Oblast, Western Ukraine. It is a left-bank tributary of the Dniester that flows southward for 147 km through Ternopil oblast and drains a basin area of 1,610 km2 (12% territory of ...
(a tributary of the
Dniester
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
) in
Chortkiv Raion
Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukra ...
of
Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...
(
province) of
Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of
Buchach urban hromada
Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of T ...
, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Buchach rests south-east of
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukra ...
, in the historic region of
Halychyna (Galicia). The city was located in the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the
partitions
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* Partition (database), the division of ...
, followed by the
Habsburg monarchy (1772—1804),
Austrian empire
The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, ...
(1804—1867),
Austro-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1 ...
(1867—1918),
West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918—1919), and Poland (1919—1939). The population was estimated at .
History
The earliest recorded mention of Buchach is in 1260 by
Bartosz Paprocki
Bartosz Paprocki (also ''Bartholomeus Paprocky'' or ''Bartholomew Paprocki'', pl, Bartłomiej (Bartosz) Paprocki, cs, Bartoloměj Paprocký z Hlahol a Paprocké Vůle; ca. 1540/43 in Paprocka Wola near Sierpc – 27 December 1614 in Lviv, Po ...
in his book "Gniazdo Cnoty, zkąd herby Rycerstwa Polskiego swój początek mają",
Kraków, 1578. The validity of this date was reasonably refuted by the Polish scientist
Józef Apolinary Rolle
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.
In 1349, the region of
Halychyna (Galicia) became part of the
Kingdom of Poland. As a part of
Ruthenian Voivodeship remained in Poland from 1434 until 1772 (see
Partitions of Poland). It was during this time that the area experienced a large influx of
Polish,
Jewish and
Armenian
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* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
settlers. In the late 14th century, Polish nobleman (
szlachta),
Michał Awdaniec,
Abdank coat of arms
Abdank is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Blazoning
Gules '' łękawica'' argent, crest: łąkawica as in arms.
History
According t ...
became the owner of the town on 1360-s or 1370-s. On July 28, 1379, Michał Awdaniec founded a Roman Catholic parish church, and built
a castle. agreed to grant Magdeburg rights to Buchach (Buczacz): it was first Magdeburg-style city, located in the
Halych Land. In the early 15th century, the Awdaniec family of Buchach changed its last name into Buczacki, after its main residence. Frequent invasions of the
Crimean Tatars
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brought destruction to the town, and in 1515, it once again received the Magdeburg rights. In 1558 Katarzyna Tworowska nee Buczacka got the king's grant for market in Buchach. In 1580, local castle was rebuilt: the castle was twice besieged by the Tatars (1665, 1667), who finally captured it in 1672, during the
Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676)
Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) was a conflict between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire, as a precursor of the Great Turkish War. It ended in 1676 with the Treaty of Żurawno and the Commonwealth ceding control of m ...
. Buchach was a temporary residence of
Mehmed IV; here, on October 18, 1672, the
Treaty of Buchach
The Treaty of Buchach was signed on 18 October 1672 in Buczacz (now ''Buchach, Ukraine'') between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, who had been unable to raise a suitable army, on the one side and th ...
was signed between
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the
Ottoman Empire. According to this treaty, Poland handed the provinces of Ukraine and
Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-centra ...
to Turkey.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Buchach belonged to the
Potocki family
The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Potocki family is one of the wealthiest and ...
.
Mikołaj Bazyli Potocki
Mikołaj Bazyli Potocki (ab. 1712 – 13 April 1782) was a Polish nobleman, starost of Kaniv, Bohuslav, benefactor of the Buchach townhall, Pochayiv Lavra, Dominican Church in Lviv, deputy to Sejm and owner of the Buchach castle.
Mikołaj's f ...
, the
Starosta of
Kaniv
Kaniv ( uk, Канів, ) city located in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast ( province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is also one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It hosts the administration of Kaniv ...
,
Bohuslav
Bohuslav ( uk, Богуслав, yi, באָסלעוו or ''Boslov'') is a city on the Ros River in Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: . It hosts the administration of Bohuslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukr ...
, the son of
Stefan Aleksander Potocki
Stefan Aleksander Potocki (? — 1726/1727), the Polish nobleman, Voievoda of Belz, with his second wife Joanna Sieniawska, founders of Basilian monastery in Buchach ( UGCC) in Lublin, on December 7, 1712. Owner of the Buchach castle.
Father � ...
,
Voivode of
Belz
Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administ ...
, who became a
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The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...
about 1758, built here
Buchach cityhall with a 35-meter tower (near 1751), a late Baroque Roman Catholic
Church of Assumption of Mary (1761–1763), and rebuilt the castle, destroyed by the Turks. With the unification of
Poland and Lithuania in 1569, the newly united kingdom extended from the Baltic to the
Black Sea. Owing to its importance as a market town, Buchach had become a prominent trading centre linking Poland and the Ottoman Empire.
In 1772, Eastern Galicia together with other areas of south-western Poland, became a part of
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...
— a
crownland
Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it. ...
of the
Habsburg monarchy as part of the
First Partition of Poland. Industry came to Buchach around the end of the 19th century. Among the small-scale industries there included a brickworks, and candle and soap factory, (modern) flour mills, a textile plant, and a necktie factory. The town also boasted a brewery and a winery. The largest factory was established early in the 1900s, when the Hilfesverein concern of Vienna set up a plant for the manufacture of wooden toys in Buchach employing some 200 workers, mainly young girls. In 1912 the Stanislaviv-based Savings and
Credit Union opened a branch in Buchach, and this served as a bank for local industrialists and business.
Buchach remained a part of Austria and its
successor states until the end of the First World War in 1918. The town was briefly a part of the independent
West Ukrainian People's Republic before it was captured by the
Republic of Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populo ...
in July 1919 after
Ukrainian-Polish War. Also, between August 10 and September 15, 1920, it was occupied by the
Red Army (see
Polish-Soviet War). In the
Second Polish Republic, Buchach was the seat of a county (
powiat) in
Tarnopol Voivodeship. In the 1920s, Buchach was inhabited by Jews (~60%), Poles (~25%), and Ukrainians (~15%).
Before World War II, as many as 10,000 Jews (half of the local population) lived in Buchach. During the Nazi occupation of western Poland in 1939-early 1941, more Jewish refugees arrived in the town. On September 18, 1939, during the
Soviet Invasion of Poland, Buchach was occupied by the Red Army, and incorporated into the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
(see
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact). Before they left, the Soviets murdered civilians, mostly Ukrainian, and left them in the jails of Buchach and Czortkow. During the Soviet occupation, many Jews and Christians were deported to the Soviet Union. Other Jews fled east when the Germans arrived. After the Soviets left, but before the Germans arrived in July 1942, Ukrainian militia looted and murdered Jewish residents of the town. Then in August, the Ukrainians assisted the German police in a mass shooting of 400 or so Jewish professionals and craftsmen.
After the initial mass murder in August 1941, the Jewish community remained relatively intact, living in a ghetto (the
Buchach Ghetto), until October 1942, when the Gestapo, aided by Ukrainian and Jewish police, rounded up nearly 2000 Jews, shot hundreds, and sent about 1600 to
Belzec. Some survivors report that the Ukrainian mayor was fair to the Jews until fall 1941 when control reverted to the German security police and their Ukrainian auxiliaries. In November, 2500 more were sent to Belzec and more were shot in Buchach. In February 1943, about 2000 were led to Fodor Hill where they were shot and pushed into mass graves. Megargee reports that there was so much blood that the city's water supplies were polluted. The final major Aktion took place in April when 4000 Jews were shot on Fedor Hill and others in the streets. In May 1943, Buchach was proclaimed
judenfrei
''Judenfrei'' (, "free of Jews") and ''judenrein'' (, "clean of Jews") are terms of Nazi origin to designate an area that has been " cleansed" of Jews during The Holocaust.
While ''judenfrei'' refers merely to "freeing" an area of all of it ...
.
During this time, some Jews were able to hide in the forests or join partisan bands. A few hid with Polish or Ukrainian friends. When Buchach was liberated by the Soviet army in March 1944, about 800 Jews were still alive. However, a counter offensive brought the Germans back to Buchach a few weeks later and the Germans hunted down the Jews. They were assisted by townspeople, many of whom were eager to point out hiding places. Property formerly owned by Jews was now in their hands and they feared Jewish revenge. When the Soviet army returned in July, fewer than 100 Jews had survived.
Several of Buchach's survivors have published memoirs of this period, and a diary of Arah Klonicki-Klonymus who tried to hide in the forests with his wife and baby but was murdered is also well known. A detailed analysis of the murders of the Jews in Buchach in light of its history is told by Omar Bartov, ''Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz''.
In 1945, its Polish residents were resettled into the
lands of western Poland that had previously been German, and Communist authorities closed the parish church, turning it into a storage facility. Bones of the members of the Potocki family, kept in the church cellar, were thrown out, and later buried at the local cemetery.
In 1965, the neighboring village of Nahirianka was annexed to Buchach. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Buchach became a part of independent
Ukraine, and new, Ukrainian government returned the church to its rightful owners. There is no longer a Polish or Jewish community in Buchach.
Until 18 July 2020, Buchach was the administrative center of
Buchach Raion
Buchach Raion ( uk, Бучацький район) was a raion of Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center was the city of Buchach. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative ref ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Buchach Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Buchach originated from the
Piława coat of arms
Pilawa () is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many noble families known as '' szlachta'' in Polish in medieval Poland and later under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, branches of the original medieval Piława Clan (''Pilawici'') family as ...
, which was used by the
Potocki
The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Potocki family is one of the wealthiest and ...
family.
Education
* Saint Josaphat Institute
Religion
The city has religious communities of different churches:
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church,
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC; uk, Українська автокефальна православна церква (УАПЦ), Ukrayinska avtokefalna pravoslavna tserkva (UAPC)) was one of the three major Eastern Orthod ...
,
Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate,
Adventist Church and others.
Churches
*
St. Nicholas (Mykolai) church (n. 1610, Kievan Metropolis, UGCC, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, now — Orthodox Church of Ukraine)
*
Church of the Intercession (St. Pokrova church) (n. 1763, UGCC)
*
Church of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, or Church of the Elevation of the Cross (1771, UGCC)
*
St. Mykhaylo church (
Nahirianka, 1910, built by Greek Catholics, from ab. 1990 Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, now — Orthodox Church of Ukraine)
*
St. Volodymyr church (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, now — Orthodox Church of Ukraine)
*
Procathedral church of Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary (2007—2014, UGCC)
*
Church of Assumption of Mary (1761—1763, Roman Catholic church)
People from Buchach
Born in Buchach
Ukrainians
*
Mykola Bevz Mykola Bevz (19 December 1954, Buchach) — Ukrainian scientist, architect, member of ICOMOS from Ukraine.
Born in a family of teachers Buchach farm-college (now - Buchach agrocollege of Podilsky State Agro-Techn. University (Kamianets-Podilskyi).
...
, scientist, member of ICOMOS
*
Bohdana Durda
Bohdana Yosypivna Durda ( uk, Богдана Йосипівна Ду́рда; born May 24, 1940) is a Ukrainian artist, writer, poet, and songwriter, as well as a former design engineer. Her artwork includes portraits, landscapes, and still lif ...
(born 1940), artist, writer, poet, songwriter
*
Yaroslav Padokh, scientist, President of
Shevchenko Scientific Society
The Shevchenko Scientific Society () is a Ukrainian scientific society devoted to the promotion of scholarly research and publication that was founded in 1873.
Unlike the government-funded National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the society ...
in USA and President of Shevchenko Scientific Society's the World Council in 1982–1992
*
Ihor Pylatiuk
Igor ( be, Ігар, Ihar ; russian: Игорь, Igor' ; sr-Cyrl, Игор ; uk, Ігор, Ihor ; ) is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form ...
, scientist, musician, the rector and professor of the violin department of
Lviv National Musical Academy named after Mykola Lysenko
*
Bohdan Botsiurkiv, Ukrainian-Canadian scientist
*
Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska
Nataliya Katser - Buchkovska is economist, expert on energy and investment, environmental activist.
Ukrainian politician, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, 2014–2019. She has 17 years of professional experience in the field of corporate governan ...
, a member of the "
People's Front" political party and is part of the
Ukrainian Parliament (
8th convocation of the
Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada).
Poles
*
Leopold Pamula
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People
* Leopold (given name)
* Leopold (surname)
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
* Leopold (''The Simpsons''), Superintendent Chalmers' assistant on ''The Simpsons''
* Leopold Bloom, the protagonist ...
, Polish Air Force pilot, who fought in the
Invasion of Poland
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*
Jan Franciszek Adamski, Polish film actor and writer
*
Władysław Zych, Polish scientist, geologist and soldier of the
Home Army
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Jews
*
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( he, שמואל יוסף עגנון; July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (). In English, his works are published und ...
(1888–1970), Nobel Prize-winning author
*
Simon Wiesenthal
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, an Austrian writer and Nazi hunter
*
Emanuel Ringelblum, historian, politician and social worker
*
Mina Rosner
Mina Rosner (1913–1997) was a native of Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Buchach, Ukraine), who survived The Holocaust by hiding with a Polish family. After the war, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg () is the capital and ...
, a Canadian writer
* Ruben Feldschuh (Ben Shem) (1900–1980), Zionist author and political activist
*
Max Nomad
Max Nomad (1881, Buchach, Halychyna, now Ukraine – 1973) is the pseudonym of Austrian author and educator Maximilian Nacht.' at International Institute of Social History In his youth he had espoused militant anarchism and in the 1920s he was a f ...
(1881–1973) is the pseudonym of Austrian author and educator Max(imilian) Nacht.
Max Nacht Papers
' at International Institute of Social History
People associated with Buchach
Ukrainians
*
Volodymyr Hnatiuk
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(1871–1926) — writer, literary scholar, translator and journalist, and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers
*
Bohdan A. Futey, judge of the
United States Court of Federal Claims from 1987 to 2002
Poles
*
Dawid Buczacki, voivode of Podole in the late 15th century
*
Jakub Buczacki, royal secretary and Bishop of
Płock in the first half of the 16th century
*
Michał Buczacki, Polish nobleman, the
voivode of
Podole, and the
Castellan
A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant ...
of
Halicz
Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the P ...
in 1433–37
*
Stefan Potocki, voivode of
Bratslav
Bratslav ( uk, Брацлав; pl, Bracław; yi, בראָצלעוו, ''Brotslev'', today also pronounced Breslev or '' Breslov'' as the name of a Hasidic group, which originated from this town) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine, located ...
, starost of
Fellin
Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu ...
*
Stefan Aleksander Potocki
Stefan Aleksander Potocki (? — 1726/1727), the Polish nobleman, Voievoda of Belz, with his second wife Joanna Sieniawska, founders of Basilian monastery in Buchach ( UGCC) in Lublin, on December 7, 1712. Owner of the Buchach castle.
Father � ...
, with wife Joanna founder of
Buchach monastery UGCC
*
Mikołaj Bazyli Potocki
Mikołaj Bazyli Potocki (ab. 1712 – 13 April 1782) was a Polish nobleman, starost of Kaniv, Bohuslav, benefactor of the Buchach townhall, Pochayiv Lavra, Dominican Church in Lviv, deputy to Sejm and owner of the Buchach castle.
Mikołaj's f ...
, starost of
Bohuslav
Bohuslav ( uk, Богуслав, yi, באָסלעוו or ''Boslov'') is a city on the Ros River in Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: . It hosts the administration of Bohuslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukr ...
,
Kaniv
Kaniv ( uk, Канів, ) city located in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast ( province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is also one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It hosts the administration of Kaniv ...
, benefactor of the Buchach's
townhall, churches,
Pochayiv Lavra
*
Jan Tworowski, voivode of Podole, owner of Buchach
*
Antoni Opolski, physicist, rector of
Opole University
The University of Opole ( pl, Uniwersytet Opolski) is a public university in the city of Opole. It was founded in 1994 from a merger of two parallel educational institutions. The university has 17,500 students completing 32 academic majors and 53 ...
Jews
*
Abraham David ben Asher Anshel Buczacz,
Rabbi of Buchach
*
Alicia Appleman-Jurman, Holocaust survivor and author
Unknown nationality
*
Johann Georg Pinsel
Johann Georg Pinsel ( pl, Johann Georg / Jan Jerzy Pinsel, uk, Йоган Ґеорґ Пінзель; 1715–1725 – 1761 or early 1762) was a Baroque-Rococo sculptor active in Eastern Galicia (then in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, now Ukr ...
,
Baroque
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sculptor, named
Halych's
Michelangelo
*
Bernard Meretyn Bernard Meretyn (german: Bernhard Meretyn, also Bernard Merettiner, born near or at the end of the 17th century – January 3 or January 4, 1759) was an architect of the late Baroque and rococo of German origin. He worked in Western Ukraine, which i ...
, an architect of the late
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including th ...
and
rococo (possibly of German origin)
Communications
The closest international airports are:
*
Lviv International Airport
Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport ( ua, Міжнародний аеропорт "Львів" імені Данила Галицького) is an international airport in Lviv, Ukraine. The airport is second largest and busiest airport ...
, in
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukra ...
(LWO), ca. away
*
Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport
Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport ( Ukrainian Міжнародний аеропорт Івано-Франківськ) is an airport in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, some 4.4 km (2.7 mi) by road from the town center.
Overview
Ivano-Fr ...
, in
Ivano-Frankivsk (IFO), ca. away
*
Chernivtsi International Airport
Chernivtsi Leonid Kadeniuk International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Чернівці» імені Леоніда Каденюка) is an airport in the city of Chernivtsi in western Ukraine.
History
Early history ...
, in
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the u ...
(CWC), ca. away
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Rzeszów International Airport, in
Rzeszów (RZE), Poland, ca. away
International relations
Twin towns and sister cities
Buchach is currently
twinned with:
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Złotoryja
Złotoryja (; german: Goldberg, ; Latin: ''Aureus Mons'', ''Aurum'') is a historic town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, the administrative seat of Złotoryja County, and of the smaller Gmina Złotoryja. Having been granted ...
, Poland
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Kazimierza Wielka
Kazimierza Wielka () is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about northeast of Kraków. It is the administrative seat of Kazimierza County (''powiat kazimierski''). With a population of 5,848 (2005), it is the smallest county sea ...
, Poland
Uchwała Nr LIII/372/2010 w sprawie współpracy partnerskiej ze społecznością lokalną miast, Buczacz
pl
References
Further reading
*Omer Bartov
Omer Bartov (Hebrew: עֹמֶר בַּרְטוֹב; pronounced .html" ;"title="�oˈmer ˈbartov/nowiki>">�oˈmer ˈbartov/nowiki>; born 1954) is the John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of History and Profe ...
, ''Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz'', Simon & Schuster, 2018
External links
Buchach in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).
Verkhovna Rada website
— city of Buchach, Buchatskyi Raion, Ternopil Oblast
Buchach Today
The murder of the Jews of Buchach
during World War II, at Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...
website.
Buchach Jewish Cemetery fully documented at Jewish Galicia and Buckovina ORG
Sources
* ''Sadok Barącz
Sadok Barącz ( hy, Սադոկ Վինցենտի Ֆէրերուշ Բարոնչ, pl, Sadok Barącz, 29 April 1814 in Stanislau, now Ivano-Frankivsk – 2 April 1892 in Pidkamin, now Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast) was a Galician religious leader, ...
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Pamiątki buczackie
— Lwów: Drukarnia «Gazety narodowej», 1882.— 168 s.
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