Obertyn

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title: "Obertyn" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rural-settlements-in-ivano-frankivsk-raion", "historic-jewish-communities-in-ukraine", "holocaust-locations-in-ukraine"] description: "Rural locality in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine" topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obertyn" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Rural locality in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
coordinates
name	Obertyn
native_name	Обертин
native_name_lang	uk
image_skyline	Обертин - 2.JPG
image_shield	Coat of Arms of Obertyn.svg
image_flag	Obertyn-flag.png
settlement_type	Rural settlement
subdivision_name2	Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
subdivision_type2	Raion
subdivision_type1	Oblast
subdivision_name1	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
pushpin_map	Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine
subdivision_type3	Hromada
subdivision_name3	Obertyn settlement hromada
population_total	2,920
population_as_of	2022
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| coordinates = | name = Obertyn | native_name = Обертин | native_name_lang = uk | image_skyline = Обертин - 2.JPG | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Obertyn.svg | image_flag = Obertyn-flag.png | settlement_type = Rural settlement | subdivision_name2 = Ivano-Frankivsk Raion | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Obertyn settlement hromada | population_total = 2,920 | population_as_of = 2022 Obertyn (; ; ; also Obertin) is a rural settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Obertyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Modovian_army_-Kronika_tho_iesth_Historya_swiata_1564(109729892).jpg" caption="[[Battle of Obertyn]] (1531), depicted by [[Marcin Bielski"] ::

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 Pokuttia. It formed part of the Kingdom of Poland until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Austria. Obertyn was home to one of the communities of Armenians in Poland.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the Soviets until 1941, then by Germany until 1944, and then re-occupied by the Soviets in 1944, and eventually annexed from Poland in 1945. The town had an important Jewish community before World War II. In June and September 1942, the Jewish community was moved to a ghetto in Kolomyia and then on to the extermination camp in Bełżec. In 1943, the German occupiers killed nearly all the remaining Jews in Obertyn by shooting them or burning them alive in their houses. Only one Jewish child, Krystyna Carmi, survived the Holocaust.

Until 18 July 2020, Obertyn belonged to Tlumach Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Tlumach Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.

Until 26 January 2024, Obertyn was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Obertyn became a rural settlement.

References

References

1. "Обертинская громада". Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. Stopka, Krzysztof. (2010). "Pod wspólnym niebem. Narody dawnej Rzeczypospolitej". Muzeum Historii Polski, Bellona.
3. "AfterMarket.pl :: Domain moreshet.pl".
4. "History - Jewish community before 1989 - Obertyn - Virtual Shtetl".
5. https://www.rbb-online.de/kontraste/archiv/kontraste-vom-16-01-2020/wunsch-nach-beisetzung-in-ehemaligen-konzentrationslagern.html, in German language, January 21st 2020
6. (2020-07-18). "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.".
7. (17 July 2020). "Нові райони: карти + склад". Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
8. (1 January 2024). "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua.

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