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German is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
: Wischnitza or Wiznitz,
RomanianRomanian or Daco-Romanian is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova. It has official status in Romania, Republic of Moldova, and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia...
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Vizhnitsia, ) is a
townA town is a type of settlement ranging from a few hundred to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition...
located on the
Cheremosh RiverThe Cheremosh River is a river which flows along the borderline of Bukovina and Galicia. It is a tributary of the Prut River.The two upper streams of this river are called Bilyi Cheremosh and Chornyi Cheremosh ....
in the
Chernivtsi OblastChernivtsi Oblast , is an oblast in western Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. It has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to a broad partly forested plain situated between the Dniester and Prut rivers....
(
provinceOblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
) of western
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
. It is the
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of the
Vyzhnytskyi RaionVyzhnytsia Raion is an administrative raion in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border. The region has an area of 903.4 km² and 59,993 inhabitants, and centers on the city of Vyzhnytsia....
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districtA raion is a type of administrative unit of some post-Soviet states. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is almost always translated as "district"...
).
People
- Gerard Ciołek, architect
- Menachem Mendil Hager, first Vizhnitser Rebbe
Vizhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager. Vizhnitz is the Yiddish name of Vyzhnytsia, a village in present-day Ukraine.Followers of the rebbes of Vizhnitz are called Vizhnitzer chasidim....
- Nazariy Yaremchuk
Nazariy Yaremchuk was a well-known Hutsul Ukrainian singer, born in the village of Rivnya, Chernivtsi oblast....
, singer
- Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austrian-born American film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood, directing over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel...
, director
- Nick Falafivka
Nick Falafivka is a Ukrainian artist.Nick Falafivka was born in Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine, the part of Ukraine called Bukovyna. He started to study art in Vyzhnytsya School of Applied Art...
, artist
Nearby towns
- Kuty
Kuty is a town in Ukraine, on the Cheremosh river, located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is notable as one of the historical centres and the namesake of a historical region of Pokuttya...
- KosivKosiv is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kosivsky Raion ....