Lichtfelde

Lichtfelde
Ліхтфельде
Former Village
Lichtfelde is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Lichtfelde
Lichtfelde
Location within Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Lichtfelde is located in Ukraine
Lichtfelde
Lichtfelde
Location within Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°3′12″N 35°49′15″E / 47.05333°N 35.82083°E / 47.05333; 35.82083
Country Ukraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionPolohy Raion
HromadaMolochansk urban hromada
Established1819
Area
 • Total
0.22 km2 (0.085 sq mi)
Postal code
71772

Lichtfelde (Ukrainian: Ліхтфельде)(German: Lichtfelde) is a former village in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Administratively, it is part of Molochansk urban hromada. The village is part of Hrushivka.

Geography

The former village is located on the banks of the Yushanly River. The village is 22 kilometres southeast of Molochansk, and 7 kilometres east of Lahidne.

History

Alexanderkrone was founded by Flemish Mennonites in 1819 as part of the Molotschna Colony on the opposite bank from Alexanderkrone. The village was named after a village of the same name in West Prussia.

A school was built in the village in 1824. A dam was built on the Yushanly River, and a bridge built to Alexanderkrone.

The remaining German Mennonites were deported to Germany in 1941 and 1943.

Lichtfelde was merged with neighboring Alexanderkrone in 1962 to form the village of Hrushivka.

The former village became part of the Molochansk urban hromada on June 12, 2020, following the abolition of the Lahidne Rural Council.

The former village became part of Polohy Raion on July 19, 2020, following the abolition of Tokmak Raion.

The former village has been occupied by Russia since March 2022.

Demographics

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Friesen, Rudy (2016). Buildings of the Past: Mennonite Architecture, Landscape and Settlements in Russia/Ukraine .
  2. ↑ РСР, Президія Верховної Ради Української. "Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 21.5.1945 «Про збереження історичних найменувань та уточнення … назв … Запорізької області» — Вікіджерела". uk.wikisource.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2026-10-18.
  3. ↑ Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. "On the determination of administrative centers and approval of territories of territorial communities of Zaporizhia region".