Elevation 356 m (1,168 ft) Population 4,230 (2012) Zip Code 59200 | Founded 1158 Website www.vnmiscrada.gov.ua Local time Wednesday 2:12 PM Raion Vyzhnytsia Raion Area code(s) +380-3730 | |
Weather 17°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 53% Humidity | ||
Vyzhnytsia (Ukrainian: Ви́жниця, [ˈβɪʒnɪt͡sʲɑ]; German: Wischnitza or Wiznitz, Romanian: Vijniţa, Russian: Вижница, translit. Vizhnitsa, Yiddish: וויזשניץ Vizhnitz) is a town located on the Cheremosh River in the Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vyzhnytsia Raion.
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Map of Vyzhnytsya, Chernivets'ka oblast, Ukraine
In Judaism the town is known as having been the original center of the Hassidic sect bearing its Yiddish name (וויזשניץ Vizhnitz). The town's Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust and most survivors did not return, but the flourishing Vizhnitz Hassidic community in Israel and elsewhere continues to keep the name.
Notable natives and residents
Nearby towns
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