Rozhyshche

City in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

Rozhyshche Рожи́ще Rożyszcze (in Polish)
City
St.Michael Church in Rozhyshche (1920)
Flag Seal
50°54′47″N 25°16′12″E / 50.91306°N 25.27000°E / 50.91306; 25.27000
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Volyn Oblast
Raion	Lutsk Raion
Hromada	Rozhyshche urban hromada
Government
• Mayor	Vjacheslav Polishchuk
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	12,483
Website	http://mrada.org.ua/

Rozhyshche (Ukrainian: Рожище, Polish: Rożyszcze, Yiddish: ראזשישטש Rozhishch) is a city in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as an administrative center of Rozhyshche urban hromada. Population: 12,483 (2022 estimate).^[1]

History

It was a settlement in Lutsky Uyezd in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.

During the Second World War Axis forces occupied Rozhyshche in June 1941.

A local newspaper is published here since January 1945.^[2]

In January 1989 the population was 14 391 people.^[3] Town since August 1989.

Gallery

Transfiguration Domini Kostel (1920)
St. Michael Church (view from street)
St. Michael Church (entrance view)
World War II Memorial

References

^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ № 2643. Свет Октября // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр. 346
^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу