Nahirne, Skole Raion

Nahirne
Нагі́рне
village
Nahirne
Coordinates: UA 48°53′23″N 23°14′57″E / 48.88972°N 23.24917°E / 48.88972; 23.24917Coordinates: UA 48°53′23″N 23°14′57″E / 48.88972°N 23.24917°E / 48.88972; 23.24917
Country  Ukraine
Province  Lviv Oblast
District Skole Raion
Established 1835
Area
  Total 4,93 km2 (190 sq mi)
Elevation/(average value of) 765 m (2,510 ft)
Population
  Total 133
  Density 26,98/km2 (6,990/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 82642
Area code +380 3251
Website село Нагірне (Ukrainian)


Nahirne ((Ukrainian: Нагі́рне), (the first name of Annaberg[1]) — village (selo) in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. Nahirne is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians within the limits the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southern part of the Lviv Oblast in Skole Raion. Local government — Smozhenska village council.[2]

The village was established around 1835, by Karl Scheiff, the heir of Smozhe. He invited Catholic German settlers from Western Bohemia to form an agricultural colony of Annaberg, fueling the society of Galician Germans.[3] In the same year two other nearby German colonies were established in the same way, Felizienthal and Karlsdorf, forming a small language island.

The village is situated along the Highway M06 (Ukraine) () and distant from the city of Lviv at 141 kilometres (88 mi), 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Skole, and 127 kilometres (79 mi) from Uzhhorod.[4]

References

  1. Нагірне, Стара назва – Аннаберг.(Ukrainian)
  2. Smozhenska village council
  3. Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia. (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 519. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.
  4. DELLA
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