Drohobych

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Drohobych is a historic city in western Ukraine known for its medieval architecture, salt production heritage, and association with writer and artist Bruno Schulz.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Drohobych canonical 6
Drohobycz 1
city of Drohobych 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
areaCode +380 3244
country Ukraine
elevation about 296 metres
firstMentioned 1387
founded 11th century
grantedMagdeburgRights 15th century
hasCulturalEvent Bruno Schulz Festival
hasCulturalInstitution Drohobych Drama Theatre
hasEducationalInstitution Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University
hasLandmark Church of St. Bartholomew
Church of St. Yur (St. George)
Drohobych Saltworks
Drohobych Synagogue
Drohobych Town Hall
wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
hasMunicipalStatus city of oblast significance
hasNotablePerson Bruno Schulz
Ivan Franko
surface form: Ivan Franko (studied nearby and associated with region)

Yuriy Drohobych
historicalActivity oil industry
salt mining
historicalRegion West Galicia
surface form: Galicia

Halychyna
knownFor association with Bruno Schulz
medieval architecture
salt production
licensePlateCode BC
locatedIn Lviv region
surface form: Lviv Oblast

Western Ukraine
surface form: western Ukraine
locatedOn Tysmenytsia River
partOf Drohobych Raion
population around 75,000
postalCode 82100–82119
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
twinTown Bolesławiec
Legnica
Myślenice
Nysa
Piotrków Trybunalski
Przemyśl
Sanok
Tarnów
Würzburg
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePart Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
wasPartOf Austro-Hungarian Empire
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Second Polish Republic
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Lwów Voivodeship majorCity Drohobych
this entity surface form: Drohobycz
Zamość twinTown Drohobych
this entity surface form: Żółkiew
Lviv region containsCity Drohobych
Drohobych Oblast capital Drohobych
Drohobych Oblast namedAfter Drohobych
Drohobych Oblast hasJurisdictionOver Drohobych
this entity surface form: city of Drohobych
Herman Lieberman placeOfBirth Drohobych