Chynadiiovo
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Chynadiyovo is an urban-type settlement
in Zakarpattia Oblast
, Ukraine
. It stands in the Latorica River
valley, 10 km from the town of Mukacheve
. The population was 6,817 in 2001.
The town took its Hungarian name from the church of St. Nicholas. Its history can be traced to the 13th century. King Bela IV presented the area to his son-in-law, Rostislav Mikhailovich, in 1247. It changed hands many times in the 14th century.
Péter Perényi
, who owned Szentmiklós in the early 15th century, commenced building a castle. It suffered serious damage at the hands of Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
's forces in 1657. The surviving edifice is the upshot of Francis I Rákóczi
's rebuilding campaign.
After the defeat of Rákóczi's War for Independence
Emperor Charles VI gave Mukacheve and Chynadiyovo to Archbishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn
. A year later it passed to his nephew, Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim.
The Schönborn era continued in Chynadiyovo well into the 20th century. The Mukachevo-Chynadiyovo estate was one of the largest in Eastern Europe
. As of 1731, the estate comprised 200 villages and 4 towns, covering an area of some 2,400 km2.http://www.rusyn.org/rusyns-economy.html
The town's most striking landmark is the hunting lodge of the Schönborns, originally built of timber, but rebuilt as a large country residence to a fanciful revivalist design in the 1890s.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
in Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast
The Zakarpattia Oblast is an administrative oblast located in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Uzhhorod...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It stands in the Latorica River
Latorica River
Latorica is a river in the watershed of the Danube. Its source is in the Ukrainian Carpathians , near the village Nizhny Vorota. It flows from Ukraine to Slovakia , 188 km in total and west through the towns Svaliava, Mukachevo, Solomonovo, Chop and Velke Kapusany. The watershed is 3,130 km²...
valley, 10 km from the town of Mukacheve
Mukacheve
Mukachevo or Mukacheve is a city located in the valley of the Latorica river in the Zakarpattia Oblast , in southwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Mukachivskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
. The population was 6,817 in 2001.
The town took its Hungarian name from the church of St. Nicholas. Its history can be traced to the 13th century. King Bela IV presented the area to his son-in-law, Rostislav Mikhailovich, in 1247. It changed hands many times in the 14th century.
Péter Perényi
Péter Perényi
Péter Perényi de Nagy-Ida , son of Simon of the Perényi branch of the Šubić clan, was the Comes of Temesvár from the end of the 14th century into the start of the 15th century...
, who owned Szentmiklós in the early 15th century, commenced building a castle. It suffered serious damage at the hands of Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski
Prince Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski was a Polish noble , magnate, outstanding politician and military commander. Lubomirski was a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire SRI. He was the initiator of the Lubomirski Rokosz....
's forces in 1657. The surviving edifice is the upshot of Francis I Rákóczi
Francis I Rákóczi
Francis I Rákóczi was a Hungarian aristocrat, elected prince of Transylvania and father of Hungarian national hero Francis II Rákóczi....
's rebuilding campaign.
After the defeat of Rákóczi's War for Independence
Rákóczi's War for Independence
Rákóczi's War for Independence was the first significant attempt to topple therule of Habsburg Austria over Hungary. The war was fought by a group of noblemen, wealthy and high-ranking progressives and was led by Francis II Rákóczi Rákóczi's War for Independence (1703–1711) was the first...
Emperor Charles VI gave Mukacheve and Chynadiyovo to Archbishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn
Lothar Franz von Schönborn
Lothar Franz von Schönborn was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1694 until 1729, and the Bishop of Bamberg from 1693 until 1729.Lothar Franz was born in Steinheim am Main in 1655 to Count Philip Erwin of Schönborn...
. A year later it passed to his nephew, Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim.
The Schönborn era continued in Chynadiyovo well into the 20th century. The Mukachevo-Chynadiyovo estate was one of the largest in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
. As of 1731, the estate comprised 200 villages and 4 towns, covering an area of some 2,400 km2.http://www.rusyn.org/rusyns-economy.html
The town's most striking landmark is the hunting lodge of the Schönborns, originally built of timber, but rebuilt as a large country residence to a fanciful revivalist design in the 1890s.