Jałowicze, (uk: Яловичі, pl: Jełowicze) is a village in

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in the

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. It lies 15 km south east of

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, on the right bank of the

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river.

History

The village's origins were as a Ruthenian settlement within the

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. Jełowicze together with the neighbouring hamlet of Bożeniec, belonged through the 14th and 15th-centuries to the Ruthenian

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, whose name dates from the 14th-century and recalls their ownership of the domain. With the signing of the

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in 1569, it became part of the Lithuanian-Polish commonwealth. The village

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church built in 1669, was founded by a Lutsk judge, for the

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.Wolski, Marian (ed.) ''Urzędnicy wołyńscy XIV-XVIII w.'', Kórnik, 2007, p. 164. (in Polish) Following the Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, the territory was occupied by the

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and the religious oder was suppressed, turning the abbey church into a parish church. After

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Jałowicze became part of the

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. The

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, led to its incorporation into the

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Notable features

* Jałowicze fortified castle was erected in the 14th-century. In the 17th century, the remnants of the castle were integrated in a Dominican abbey. Subsequently, fragments of the abbey walls became the priests house.

References

External links

Mlyniv Raion, Rivne Oblast (Млинівський район, Ровенська область)

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dr Mieczysław Orłowicz, ''Ilustrowany przewodnik po Wołyniu, okolice Łucka, Żydyczyn, Torczyn, Targowica'' - An illustrated guide to Volhynia: the neighbourhoods of Lutsk, Żydyczyn, Torczyn and Targowica
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