Skelivka
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| Country | Ukraine | ||
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| Oblast | Lviv | ||
| Founded | 1374 | ||
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| - Total | 3.5 km² (1.4 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| - Total | 1,062 | ||
Skelivka (Ukrainian: Скелівка; Polish: Felsztyn) is a village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine on the Strwiąż River. Felsztyn was founded in 1374 by King Ludwik Węgierski. In 1488, Kazimierz Jagiellończyk brought in German burghers (Family Herburts from Śląsk and Moravia) and granted the Magdeburg rights. Location of Skelivka, sometimes spelled Fulsztyn, Folsteyn, Felstin, Fullensteyn, Fulsthine, Fulstin (1593). It's located a few kilometres from the border with Poland, in the eastern part of Bieszczady. During 966 - 1018, 1340 - 1772 (Ruthenian Voivodeship, Przemysl County) and during 1918 - 1939 Felsztyn was part of Poland (Województwo lwowskie). While during 1772 - 1918 it belonged to Austrian empire (later Austrian-Hungarian empire when the double monarchy was introduced in Austria). On September 17, 1939.
Felsztyn was incorporated into the Soviet Union, and since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, is part of independent Ukraine. Felsztyn (Skelivka) is located near the towns of Przemyśl (now in southeastern Poland) and Dobromil and Stryj (in western Ukraine). It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, and has an elevation of 250 metres.
Felsztyn has a Roman Catholic church and adjacent cemetery. The rural families are poor, agriculture is rarely profitable and low income makes it difficult for farms to invest in improvements.
A railway station of Zagórz-Khyriv-Dobromil railroad is located in Felsztyn.
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