Velyki Mezhyrichi

Velyki Mezhyrichi
Великі Межирічі

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Velyki Mezhyrichi
Coordinates: 50°39′24″N 26°51′53″E / 50.65667°N 26.86472°E / 50.65667; 26.86472Coordinates: 50°39′24″N 26°51′53″E / 50.65667°N 26.86472°E / 50.65667; 26.86472
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Rivne Oblast
Raion Korets Raion
Area
 • Total 5,441 km2 (2,101 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 2,192
 • Density 0.40/km2 (1.0/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 34725
Area code(s) +380 3651
Website село Великі Межирічі/райцентр Корець/облцентр Рівне (Ukrainian)

Mezhirichi (Ukrainian: Вели́кі Межи́річі) is a village in the Korets Raion of the Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It is located in western Ukraine, 13 miles (21 km) W of Korets, 27 miles (43 km) E of Rivne. Local government is administered by Velykomezhyritska village council.[1]

Names

Mezhirichi is also known as Polish: Międzyrzec Korecki, Yiddish: מעזריטש Mezritsh‎, Hebrew: מזריטש גדול‎‎.

Jewish life in Mezhirichi

Memorial at the execution site of the Jews of the town.

Undoubtedly the most significant event in the Jewish community of Mezhirichi was the arrival there of the Maggid, Rabbi Dov Ber. After the death of the founder of Hasidism, the Baal Shem Tov, in 1761, Rabbi Dov Ber became the next leader of the movement. He moved to Rivne, and later to Mezhrichi, where he remained for the rest of his life. Mezhrichi rapidly became a magnet and place of pilgrimage for the chasidim. The location of Mezhrichi, nearer to Poland and White Russia than the Baal Shem Tov's seat in Medzhybizh, acted as a spur to the fledgling chasidic movement.

History and Attractions

The first written record of the village dates from 1544. But in these areas by archaeologists found the settlement of Bronze age and the Roman coins of II century AD.
The Magdeburg rights has provided for the village Mezhyrichi King of Poland Sigismund III Vasa in 1605. And in 1702 the owner of the village Jerzy Lubomirski started to build a stone church of St. Anthony in the village, which been built for 25 years. The church was built on the place of an old wooden church, which was erected by means of by Konstantine Ostrogski and that burned down in 1601.
Monuments of architecture national importance of Rivne region is the stone church of St. Anthony (N - 1503 0) and Peter and Paul Church (wooden) (N – 1505 0) in the village Velyki Mezhyrichi.[2]

Notable People from Mezhirichi

References

  1. ↑ Великомежиріцька сільська рада (Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ Пам'ятки архітектури національного значення Рівненської області (Ukrainian)


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