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Shmankivtsi
Shmankivtsi (, ) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Zavodske settlement hromada. It is the administrative center of the former Shmankivtsi Village Council. Additionally, the village encompasses the former locality of Strusivka, which formed in the 18th century, possibly by the a member of the Struś coat of arms. Geography It is located on the right bank of the river Nichlavka (right tributary of the Nichlava, Dniester basin), from the district center and from the nearest railway station Shmankivchyky. Its geographic coordinates are 48° 59' north latitude and 25° 55' east longitude. The average height above sea level is . The territory is , and contains 268 households. Nearby is the Samets stream, which flows into the Nichlava, and the northern border of the village is touched by the Stavky stream (the right tributary of the Nichlava). Toponymy Leading specialist in Ukrainian onomastics, Doctor of Philology, Professor of Lviv University in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shmankivtsi Castle
The Shmankivtsi Castle () is a lost defensive structure in the village of Shmankivtsi, Zavodske settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The remains of the castle were discovered by archaeologist Volodymyr Dobrianskyi in the early 1990s during archeological excavations of antiquities in the Nichlava river basin. The castle site is included in the List of newly discovered cultural heritage sites (protection number 2088). History On November 26, 1624, the Dominican monks from Chortkiv, together with Pavel Kelpinsky (), a neighbor of the village of Shmankivtsi, decided to build a castle to defend against the Tatars,''Barącz S.'Rys dziejów zakonu kaznodziejskiego w Polsce… — T. II. — S. 414—415. Andriy Humenyak claimed that the castle was built that day (see.Центри діяльності домініканців у Львівській архідієцезії // Гілея: науковий вісник. — К. : Гілея, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |