Brzeżany
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Berezhany Бережани |
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Panorama over the old town of Berezhany
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 Berezhany
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| Coordinates: 49°26′45″N 24°56′10″E / 49.44583°N 24.93611°ECoordinates: 49°26′45″N 24°56′10″E / 49.44583°N 24.93611°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Ternopil Oblast | ||
| Raion | Berezhany Raion | ||
| First mentioned | 1375 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Volodymyr Muzychka | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 18,264 | ||
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) | ||
| Area code(s) | + 380-3548 | ||
| Website | Berezhany City Council | ||
Berezhany (Ukrainian: Бережани, Polish: Brzeżany, Yiddish: ברעזשאַן) is a city of regional significance located in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Berezhanskyi Raion (district), and lies about 100 km from Lviv and 50 km from the oblast capital, Ternopil. The city has a population of about 20,000, and is about 400 m above sea level. The yearly temperature in Berezhany ranges from −35 °C (−31 °F) in winter to 40 °C (104 °F) in summer.
The first written mention of Berezhany dates from 1374, when the village was granted by the Governor of Galicia and Lodomeria Vladislaus II to Ruthenian boyar Vas'ko Teptukhovych. Shortly afterwards, in the 14th century it became a part of Poland and became the property of a noble family from Buchach — members House of Buczacki, later Sieniawa. As Mikołaj Sieniawski, a notable Polish military commander and politician envisioned a seat of his family there, on March 19, 1530, King Sigismund I of Poland granted the village a city charter modelled on the Magdeburg Law. The document, among other privileges, granted the new town of Brzeżany, as it was called prior to 1945, with: two markets yearly, one for the day of Our Lord's Ascension and the other for the day of Saint Peter in Chains, that are to be held every year. As to weekly fairs these are to be held every Friday, although with respect to the rights of other nearby towns. Thus the town is to allow each and every tradesman, cart driver or businessman, regardless of his or her state, gender, faith or rite, to arrive to the town of Brzeżany for trade.
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