Yazlovets Язловець |
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Village | ||
Castle ruins and the monastery
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Location of Chortkiv in Ukraine | ||
Coordinates: 48°57′41″N 25°26′42″E / 48.96139°N 25.44500°ECoordinates: 48°57′41″N 25°26′42″E / 48.96139°N 25.44500°E | ||
Country | Ukraine | |
Province | Ternopil Oblast | |
District | Buchach Raion | |
First mentioned | 15th century | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Yazlovets (Ukrainian: Язловець, Polish: Jazłowiec) is a village in the Buchach Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine and a Roman Catholic pilgrimage center of local significance. It's located at around 16 km south of Buchach and presently has around 600 inhabitants. In 1947–1991 it was known as Yablunivka.
First written mention comes from the 15th century, naming Yazlovets, or Jazłowiec, as the town was called at that time, as the property of the Jazłowiecki noble family, a branch of the Buczacki family from neighboring Buchach (Buczacz). The heirs of Yazlovets are recorded in history for their contribution to the defense of Christendom against the Turkic invasion. Since 1340 until the Partitions of Poland (1772), Jazłowiec belonged to the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In the 16th century a stone church dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a monastery of the Dominican Order and a castle were constructed. In 1615 the Jazlowiecki family issued privileges encouraging Armenian refugees from the Crimea to settle in the town, similar to those found in Kamieniec Podolski, which brought in increased income from trade. The town's prosperity lasted until 1672, when it was captured by the Ottomans and occupied for ten years (see Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)). It was nominally ruled by Ottomans between 1682-1699 and ravaged by Poles and Turks in this period. It was a sanjak centre as "Yazlofça" in Podolia Eyalet of Ottoman Empire. Jazlowiec returned to Poland after the Treaty of Karlowitz.