Yavoriv

Yavoriv
Яворів

City

Yavoriv city hall

Coat of arms

Yavoriv

Coordinates: 49°56′49″N 23°23′35″E / 49.94694°N 23.39306°E

Country

Ukraine

Province

Lviv Oblast

Raion

Yavorivskyi Raion

Founded

14th century

Magdeburg law

1569

Area

• Total

23.35 km² (9.02 sq mi)

Elevation

296 m (971 ft)

Population (2013)

• Total

12,905

• Density

569.050/km² (1,473.83/sq mi)

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal code

81000

Area code(s)

+380-3259

Yavoriv (Ukrainian: Яворів, Polish: Jaworów, Yiddish: יאַוואָראָוו‎ Yavorov) is a city located in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine near the Polish border. It is the administrative center of Yavoriv Raion and rests approximately 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of the oblast capital, Lviv. Population: 12,905 (2013 est.).

Not far from it is the watering-place of Shklo with sulfur springs.

The town was first mentioned in written documents in 1376, when it belonged to the Duke of Opava and Racibórz, Wacław. It received Magdeburg rights in 1569, from King Sigismund II Augustus. It was a favorite residence of king John III Sobieski, who there received the congratulations from the Pope on his success against the Turks at Vienna (1683).

Until the Partitions of Poland, Jaworów, was an important center of commerce, located along main merchant route from Jarosław to Lwów. In 1772 it was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, as part of Austrian Galicia, where it remained until late 1918. In Galicia, it was the seat of a county, with the population of almost 11,000 (Poles, Jews, Ukrainians and Czechs).

The Jews of the village were merchants or artisans. There was a synagogue. The Germans arrived in June 26, 1941. A Jewish ghetto was established in fall 1942. Before the creation of the ghetto, 1,200 Jews were deported to Belzec. In April 16, 1943, the Jews of the ghetto were taken to the forest. 4,400 Jews were shot in four graves.

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