Klymets (, ;

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: ''Klimetz'') is a selo (village) in

Stryi Raion Stryi Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Stryi. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Oblast was reduced to seven, a ...

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, of western

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. More specifically, it is located in the

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, within the limits of the

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(

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) in southwestern part of the oblast. Klymets belongs to

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, one of the

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s of Ukraine. It is situated from the regional center

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, from the district center

Skole Skole (, ) is a small List of cities in Ukraine, city in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (oblast, region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Skole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The earliest written menti ...

, and from

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. Local government is administered by the Klymetska village council.

History

The first written record indicates that the date of foundation is considered to be 1565. There is other information indicating that the village was established by German colonialists that, in Austrian times, founded a colony

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(German for ''Karl's village''). The colony existed before the Second World War.

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s, including Skole District, mercilessly suffered attacks from Tatar-Mongol invasion of

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. A massive flight of peasants was observed at the beginning of the 18th century. Klymets Panoramic View 2011

At the beginning of the 18th century, during the

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(since 1867 Austria-Hungary), Skole District and other regions of the Austrian-held Carpathians began to colonize German craftsmen (see

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). This led to the development of industry and trade in land. During the war, Klymets was situated at the border between Hungary and Ukraine. According to field research, approximately 12 Jews were murdered by the Germans in the summer of 1942. Until 18 July 2020, Klymets belonged to

Skole Raion Skole Raion () was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was Skole. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblas ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.

Notes

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(Slownik geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego i innych krajow slowianskich. Tom XII. Warszawa, 1886)

Literature

* Page 716. {{Skole Raion Villages in Stryi Raion Holocaust locations in Ukraine