Prylbychi ( uk, При́лбичі, pl, Przyłbice) is a village (''selo'') in
Yavoriv Raion
Yavoriv Raion ( uk, Яворівський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Yavoriv. It was established in 1939. Its estimated population is .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative ...
,
Lviv Oblast
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, in southwest
Ukraine
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. It belongs to
Novoiavorivsk urban hromada
Novoiavorivsk (, pl, Nowojaworowsk), alternatively transliterated Novoyavorivsk, is a city in the Yavoriv district, Lviv region of Ukraine. Novoiavorivsk hosts the administration of Novoiavorivsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. I ...
, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
The village is at a distance of from the city 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 Ukrain ...
and from the city of
Yavoriv
Yavoriv ( uk, Яворів, ; pl, Jaworów; yi, יאַוואָראָוו , translit=Yavorov; german: Jaworiw) is a city in the Lviv region of western Ukraine which is around 15 kilometers from the Polish border. It is the administrative centre ...
.
Its population is 1,529. Local government — Prylbychivska village council.
History
Archaeological evidence suggests that surrounding terrain was inhabited already in the
Stone Age. Pottery fragments of ancient period are found in many places of villages.
The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1371. More recent written references date back to 1437, 1453 and 1469 years.
The village undergone attacks of conquerors many times. Throughout the ages changed owners.
In the end, the lands became the property of Sheptytsky family.
Modest Humetsky family has sold manor Prylbychi on the
Athanasius Sheptytskyi, Greek Catholic bishop of
Przemyśl (1750-1779) in the 18th century.
Thus the village became for the Sheptytsky families marital nest until 1939.
In the village of Prylbychi was born
Roman Aleksander Maria Sheptytsky (July 29, 1865 – November 1, 1944). He was the
Metropolitan Archbishop
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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from 1901 until his death in 1944.
Culture
The village Prylbychi has the architectural monument
Yavoriv Raion
Yavoriv Raion ( uk, Яворівський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Yavoriv. It was established in 1939. Its estimated population is .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative ...
- Church of the Holy Virgin (wooden), 1741.
However, parishioners of the village Prylbychi within one night disassembled the old wooden church (architectural sight Yavoriv district) and on this place was built a new church.
In the village was built the tomb of the Sheptytsky families (was built in the village in 1937). Now a memorial stone is in a village on the Sheptytsky estate. Also, the new church and museum was built on behalf of Andrey Sheptytsky.
The Church and the Museum of name Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.JPG, The Church and the Museum of name Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky
The newly rebuilt church in the village Prylbychi..JPG, The newly rebuilt church in the village Prylbychi
Sheptytsky family tomb in the village Prylbychi (1937).JPG, Sheptytsky family tomb in the village Prylbychi (1937)
The bell tower at the Greek Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary.JPG, The bell tower at the Greek Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Personalities
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Andrey Sheptytsky
Andrey Sheptytsky, OSBM (; uk, Митрополит Андрей Шептицький; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death in 1944. His tenure span ...
. Was born July 29, 1865 in the village Prylbychi, was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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from 1901 until his death in 1944. During the Nazi occupation of Lviv city He protested to leading Nazis about the Holocaust, instructed his flock that to murder Jews was a great sin, and personally saved the lives of many dozens of Jews. He wrote a letter to Himmler asking him to stop using Ukrainian policemen to murder Jews.
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Klymentiy Sheptytsky and
Stanisław Szeptycki
Count Stanisław Maria Jan Teofil Szeptycki (3 November 1867 – 9 October 1950) was a Polish count, general and military commander.
Biography
Born in 1867 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary to the aristocratic Szeptycki family, he was the grandson of ...
.
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Zofia Sheptycka - mother on all brothers Sheptytsky.
Fishing
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Along with the village on the Gnoyonets River was created a reservoir for some needs of the chemical industry in the second half of the twentieth century. Since 2008, the reservoir has been taken for a long-term lease by the Lviv Carp Club.
This is the largest sport water reservoir in Ukraine that well-known as "Prylbichi lake". It contains 90 pegs for fishing. Here will be the World Championship of Carp Fishing in 2020.
General information about this pond:
* Area - 120 hectares
* Length of the coastline - more than 6 km
* Width - up to 1 km
* Length - 2.6 km
* Depth - up to 4.5 m
* Fish: carp, crucian carp, roach, perch, grass carp, pike, perch.
Description in Rivnefish database
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The most important principle of fishing here is: "catch and release ". It is strictly forbidden to take fish.
The main object of angling here is carp. The average weight of this fish is about 6 kilograms, the largest catches of fish reach the weight of 18 kilograms. The largest resident by 2019 is a carp with its own name, Mykyta has a weight of 24 kilograms (it varies slightly depending on the season).
Official carp lake website
Trident Lake
Notes
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References
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky
weather.in.ua
* uk, Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р.
Holocaust locations in Ukraine
Fishing in Ukraine
Villages in Yavoriv Raion