Kotsiubyntsi Castle ( uk, Коцюбинський замок) is a lost defensive structure in the village of
Kotsiubyntsi
Kotsiubyntsi ( uk, Коцюбинці) is a village in Vasylkivtsi rural hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.Vasylkivtsi rural hromada,
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 U ...
In 1477, Khan Mengli Gerai burned down ''Kochubyn'', including the castle.
On 26 July 1671, the German traveler Ulrich von Werdum passed through Kotsiubyntsi, and mentioned the local castle in his diary. In 1672, the fortifications were completely destroyed by the Turks returning from
Buchach
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 Te ...
. The fortress was never rebuilt.
In his notes, archaeologist
Adam Kirkor
Adam Honory Kirkor (21 January 1818 – 23 November 1886) was a Polish publisher, journalist and archeologist.
Biography
Adam was born in Sliwino on 21 January 1818, finishing school in Mogilev. From 1834 to 1866, he worked in Vilnius, later ...
noted that only the remains of an earthen rampart have survived, and that the inhabitants were mining clay on the north side. In the early twentieth century, Mykola Bala found a gold chain in the recess, which he sold for 100 "market" rynskas. In the nineteenth century, the Bala family lived on the territory of the bastion and used it for a vegetable garden and outbuildings.''Гринюка Б.'' Коцюбинці та Чагарі..., s. 22.
Today, the bastion's territory is divided between the two courtyards of the Patera's and Topolnytskyi's families.
Owners
* Jan Kopiczynski (early seventeenth century)''Гринюка Б.'' Коцюбинці та Чагарі..., s. 21.
* Paweł Krenzelewski (1614)
* Elżbieta and Kateryna Krenzelewski (1632)
References
Sources
* Гринюка Б. Коцюбинці та Чагарі: історико-краєзнавчий нарис, Тернопіль : Осадца Ю.В., 2019, s. 20–23, ISBN 978-617-7516-81-0.
* Гринюка, Б. Малодосліджений бастіон села Коцюбинці, Замки Тернопільщини: проблеми ревіталізації та пристосування (м. Збараж, 3 грудня 2020 р.), Збараж, 2020, s. 56–62.
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