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Zhovkva

city in Lvivska oblast, Ukraine
Organization City In Ukraine Q864836

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
city in Ukraine
Official website
zhovkva-tour.info, zhovkva-rada.gov.ua[22][23]
Short name
Жолква, Нестеров, Жолков[48]
Native label
Жовква, Żółkiew, ז'ובקבה[45][46][47]
Official name
Жовква, Нестеров, Жовква, Нестеров[44]

Status and dates

Inception
1597[21]

Location

Country
Ukraine, Austrian Empire, Austria–Hungary, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Poland, Soviet Union[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.067°, 23.967°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Zhovkva Raion, Powiat żółkiewski, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Lwów Land, Zhovkva urban hromada, Bezirk Żółkiew[2]
Postal code
80304[19]
More facts +10
Capital of
Zhovkva Raion, Powiat żółkiewski, Zhovkva urban hromada, Bezirk Żółkiew[40][41][42][43]
Area
+7.64
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia[39]
Donated by
Stanisław Żółkiewski[24]
Elevation above sea level
+150[49]
Local dialing code
3252[20]
Named after
Stanisław Żółkiewski[4]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Ukraine
Population
13k (13k–14k, n=19)[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
Twinned administrative body
Cieszanów, Zamość, Pustomyty, Gmina Rybczewice, Gmina Spiczyn, Gmina Łaszczów, Gmina Żółkiewka, Hrubieszów, Łęczna County, Piaski, Gmina Wólka, Gmina Mełgiew, Krasnystaw, Gmina Ludwin, Lubaczów, Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Vinnyky en Zhovkva ar جوفكفا cs Žovkva cs Vinnyky cs Żołkiew da Жовква da ז'ובקבה da Zjovkva da Żółkiew de Żółkiew de Scholkwa de Schowkwa de Zolkiew el Ζόβκβα fa ژوفکفا fa ژولکفا fi Nesterov fi Vynnyky fr Jovkva
🔖 Identifiers · 29
VIAF cluster ID
144409910
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n95073554
GND ID
4355028-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Żółkiew - Kolegiata pw. św. Wawrzyńca 01.JPG ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
15695
Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine ID
Zhovkva
FactGrid item ID
Adrian Wewer
Filozofia jezuitów w Polsce w XX wieku ID
zolkiew
Freebase ID
/m/08v_71
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1060777
GeoNames ID
687093
Golden ID (archived)
Zhovkva-R3EDWJ
Show all 29 identifiers +17
IdRef ID
176033572
Image Archive, Herder Institute
Zhovkva
Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine ID
Z\H\Zhovkva
J9U entity ID
987007554831805171
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
11573
KATOTTH ID
UA46060130010043364
KOATUU ID
4622710100
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
7288
Museum-digital place ID
71564
NL CR AUT ID
ge990246
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
4003087
Provenio UUID
7bdbcda7-6cb3-4e3d-a55b-744800a25c5b
Topic's main category
Category:Zhovkva
WOEID
940190
Who's on First ID
101876827
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ID
Zhovkva
Yale LUX ID
place/96b2efa7-e178-4f09-ae24-2e5a125cadd8

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🔗 Connections
Twinned administrative body 16
Zamość, Hrubieszów, Krasnystaw, Lubaczów, Pustomyty, Łęczna County, Cieszanów, Piaski +8 more
← Twinned administrative body 16
Zamość, Hrubieszów, Krasnystaw, Lubaczów, Pustomyty, Łęczna County, Cieszanów, Piaski +8 more
People born here 12
Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hersch Lauterpacht, Jakub Sobieski, Marianna Kiyanovska, Salcia Landmann, Stefan Niementowski, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Lubomyr Romankiw +4 more
Country 7
Poland, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Austria–Hungary, Austrian Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, West Ukrainian People's Republic
People who died here 7
James Louis Sobieski, Pyotr Nesterov, Jakub Sobieski, Maria Karolina Sobieska, Dosoftei, Konstanty Władysław Filip Sobieski, Teofila Zofia Sobieska
Contained subdivisions 6
Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva, Zhovkva Castle, Synagogue of Zhovkva, St. Lawrence's Church, Basilian monastery in Zhovkva, Dominican monastery in Zhovkva
Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Zhovkva Raion, Lwów Land, Zhovkva urban hromada
Capital of 2
Zhovkva Raion, Zhovkva urban hromada
← Capital 2
Zhovkva Raion, Zhovkva urban hromada
← Category combines topics 2
Category:People from Zhovkva, Category:Births in Zhovkva
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Zhovkva
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Zhovkva
Donated by 1
Stanisław Żółkiewski
Image Archive, Herder Institute 1
Zhovkva
Located in this place 1
Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva
Located in time zone 1
UTC+02:00
Named after 1
Stanisław Żółkiewski
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Ukraine
Topic's main category 1
Category:Zhovkva
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Zhovkva
← Image Archive, Herder Institute 1
Zhovkva
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Summary

Zhovkva is a city in Ukraine[1].

Related Entities

Austria–Hungary Austrian Empire Bohdan Khmelnytsky Cieszanów Lubomyr Romankiw Piaski Poland Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Stanisław Żółkiewski Ukraine West Ukrainian People's Republic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [26] ↑ . Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022. wikidata.org.
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  27. [28] ↑ . Number of the Existing Population of Ukraine as of January 1, 2020. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2019. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Zhovkva
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Zhovkva Raion, Powiat żółkiewski, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria +1
    Coordinate location → 50.067°, 23.967°
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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