Hleshchava

Rural locality in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Place in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Hleshchava
Глещава
49°18′10″N 25°52′4″E / 49.30278°N 25.86778°E / 49.30278; 25.86778
Country Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionTernopil Raion
HromadaIvanivka rural hromada
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48136

Hleshchava (Ukrainian: Глещава) is a village in Ivanivka rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1581.[2]

After the liquidation of the Terebovlia Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.[3]

Religion

  • St. Nicholas church (1897, restored in 2011, UGCC),[2]
  • Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1908, RCC).[4]

Notable residents

  • Myroslaw Stechishin (1883–1947), Ukrainian-Canadian editor, political activist, and public figure

References

  1. ^ "Іванівська територіальна громада". Децентралізація.
  2. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Галяберда М., Івахів Г., Уніят В., Глещава // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 245—247. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
  3. ^ Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"
  4. ^ "Глещава. Колишній костел Непорочного Зачаття Пресвятої Діви Марії". Костели і каплиці України.

Sources

  • (in Ukrainian) Галябарда М., Уніят В., Глещава // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 361—362. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
  • "Hleszczawa, pow. trembowelski". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 3. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1882. p. 73.



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