Vyzhnytsia

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Vyzhnytsia (Ukrainian: Вижниця, German: Wischnitza or Wiznitz, Romanian: Vijniţa, Russian: Вижница, translit. Vizhnitsia, Yiddish: וויזשניץ Vizhnitz) is a town located on the Cheremosh River in the Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Vyzhnytskyi Raion (district).

[edit] People

• Gerard Ciołek, architect
• Menachem Mendil Hager, first Vizhnitser Rebbe
• Nazariy Yaremchuk, singer
• Otto Preminger, director
• Nick Falafivka, artist

[edit] Nearby towns

• Kuty
• Kosiv

Coordinates: 48°15′N 25°11.5′E / 48.25°N 25.1917°E / 48.25; 25.1917

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