Horodnytsia (Chortkiv): travel guide online to Horodnytsia

Settlements

Ternopil region

Chortkiv disrtict

Horodnytsia

Travel guide online Horodnytsia

See all photos

Information on this page is translated from Ukrainian language automatically by machine translation and may not always accurately express the original. We nevertheless hope it will be of use to you and make it easier for you to plan your trip.

- Automatic translation

- Original in Ukrainian

General information about Horodnytsia

The village of Horodnytsia on the Hnyla River is located 15 kilometers north of Husiatyn.

It was first mentioned in 1318. It belonged to the Schavinskys, the Kalinovskys, the Tsetners, and the Bavorovskys. The Trinity Church (1772), the Church of All Saints (1895), the Transfiguration Church (1912), several chapels, statues and memorials have been preserved.

Nearby is the "Bohit" settlement with a chapel on which the famous Zbruch idol, found in the Zbruch river in the area, once stood.

Село Городниця на річці Гнила розташоване в 15 кілометрах на північ від Гусятина.

Вперше згадується в 1318 році. Належало Щавинським, Калиновським, Цетнерам, Баворовським. Збереглися Троїцька церква (1772 рік), церква Всіх Святих (1895 рік), Преображенська церква (1912 рік), кілька каплиць, статуй і пам'ятних знаків.

Неподалік розташоване городище "Бохіт" з капищем, на якому колись стояв знаменитий Збруцький ідол, знайдений в річці Збруч в цьому районі.

Сплануй своє перебування у Horodnytsia

What to see and where to go in Horodnytsia

Tourist attractions and museums of Horodnytsia

Bokhit Hillfort

Archaeological site

Bokhit (Bohyt) is an ancient pagan settlement on the mountain of the same name in Medobory. Some elements, such as the local dolmen, date back to the 6th-5th centuries BC, while the main buildings date back to the 9th-10th centuries.

The length of the settlement is 300 meters, the width is 50-100 meters. In the center of the temple, an eight-petaled figure with indentations on the edges was found, paved with stone. A similar object has an analogy with the elements of the Perun temple in Novhorod. A square earthen recess for the idol was discovered near the shrine.

In 1848, a Zbruchansky stone idol was found on the bank of the Zbruch River (Lychkivtsi village district), the origin of which is associated with the Bohit settlement. There is an opinion that after the baptism of Rus, most pagans left their lands and moved their spiritual center from Kyiv to these places. Confirmation of this theory is the presence of other hillforts nearby (Zvenyhorod, Hovda) and its satellites.

The "Medobory" Nature Reserve has developed a tourist route and laid an ecological trail through the hillforts.

Bokhit tract