Korosnytsia
Encyclopedia
Korosnytsia is a village
(selo) in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast
, in south-west Ukraine
.
It was founded in 1790 and currently has a population of 144. Korosnytsia, once known as Josefsberg in German ad Korosnica in Polish, is located four kilometers from the town of Medenychi
and 22 kilometers from Drohobych
.
in 1782. Houses and out buildings were built in the villages with outlying tracts of land assigned to each house. Joseph encouraged German farmers to relocate to the area and farm the land. The government supplied them with farm equipment, livestock, seed grain and everything necessary to begin farming. By 1880 the population of Josephsberg was 750. The 1882 Polish geographic dictionary described the people of Josefsberg: "They are of Helvetic confession, have their own priest, beautiful stone church, evangelical school. The parish include the neighbouring village of Ugartsberg. Evangelical Reformed Parish was established by the Austrian cesar (king) Josef II in 1784, the parish (together with Ugartsberg) has 1419 people; 773 in Josefsberg; church of 1805 and a cemetery." At the onset of World War II
the Germans still living in these villages were resettled into German-occupied territories.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
(selo) in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
, in south-west Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
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It was founded in 1790 and currently has a population of 144. Korosnytsia, once known as Josefsberg in German ad Korosnica in Polish, is located four kilometers from the town of Medenychi
Medenychi
Medenychi is a small town in Drohobytskyi Raion of the Lviv Oblast in Western Ukraine. Its population is 3,219.-External links:*...
and 22 kilometers from Drohobych
Drohobych
Drohobych is a city located at the confluence of the Tysmenytsia River and Seret, a tributary of the former, in the Lviv Oblast , in western Ukraine...
.
History
Josefsberg was one of many villages created by a colonization program initiated by the Austrian Emperor Joseph IIJoseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I...
in 1782. Houses and out buildings were built in the villages with outlying tracts of land assigned to each house. Joseph encouraged German farmers to relocate to the area and farm the land. The government supplied them with farm equipment, livestock, seed grain and everything necessary to begin farming. By 1880 the population of Josephsberg was 750. The 1882 Polish geographic dictionary described the people of Josefsberg: "They are of Helvetic confession, have their own priest, beautiful stone church, evangelical school. The parish include the neighbouring village of Ugartsberg. Evangelical Reformed Parish was established by the Austrian cesar (king) Josef II in 1784, the parish (together with Ugartsberg) has 1419 people; 773 in Josefsberg; church of 1805 and a cemetery." At the onset of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the Germans still living in these villages were resettled into German-occupied territories.