Hleshchava

Hleshchava Глещава
Hleshchava Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°18′10″N 25°52′4″E / 49.30278°N 25.86778°E / 49.30278; 25.86778
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Ternopil Raion
Hromada	Ivanivka rural hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	48136

Hleshchava (Ukrainian: Глещава, Polish: Hleszczawa) is a village in Ivanivka rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1581.

After the liquidation of the Terebovlia Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.

Religion

• St. Nicholas church (1897, restored in 2011, UGCC),
• Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1908, RCC).

Notable residents

• Myroslaw Stechishin (1883–1947), Ukrainian-Canadian editor, political activist, and public figure

References

Sources

• (in Ukrainian) Галябарда М., Уніят В., Глещава // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 361—362. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
• "Hleszczawa, pow. trembowelski". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 3. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1882. p. 73.

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