Obertyn

Obertyn (Ukrainian: Обертин, Polish: Obertyn, Hebrew: אוברטין‎‎, also Obertin) is an urban-type settlement in Tlumach Raion in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Population: 3,129 (2016 est.)^[1].

History

The Battle of Obertyn took place here on August 22, 1531, fought between Moldavian Prince Petru Rareş and Polish King Zygmunt Stary. The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokutia. The town had an important Jewish community before World War II.^[2] In June and September 1942 the Nazis transported the Jews of the town to the extermination camp in Bełżec.^[3]

References

↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
↑ http://moreshet.pl/he/node/60
↑ http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/obertyn/5,history/

Administrative divisions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Administrative center: Ivano-Frankivsk

Raions

Cities

Regional	Bolekhiv Burshtyn Ivano-Frankivsk Kalush Kolomyia Yaremche

District	Dolyna Halych Horodenka Kosiv Nadvirna Rohatyn Sniatyn Tlumach Tysmenytsia

Urban-type settlements
Category:Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Coordinates: 48°42′N 25°10′E / 48.700°N 25.167°E / 48.700; 25.167

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