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| Mukachevo | ||
| Oblast | Zakarpattia Oblast | |
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| Residents | 86.257 (2015) | |
| height | 120 m | |
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Mukacheve (Munkatsch, Hungarian Munkács, Russian Мукачово (Mukachovo), Russian Мукачево (Mukachevo), Romanian Muncaci or Munceag, Czech and Slovak Mukačevo, Yiddish מונקאטש) is a city in the Oblast Transcarpathia.
background
Mukacheve has always been a multi-ethnic city. Today more than three quarters of the population are ethnic Ukrainians. The largest minorities are Russians (9.0%), Magyars (8.5%), Germans (1.9%) and Roma (1.4%).
In the past 100 years, Mukacheve often changed affiliation to the nation states:
- Until 1918: Hungary or Austria-Hungary
- 1919-1938: Czechoslovakia
- 1938-1944: Hungary (Horthy regime)
- 1944-1991: Soviet Union
- From 1992: Ukraine
getting there
| Distances | |
| Uzhhorod | 42 km |
|---|---|
| Nyíregyháza | 123 km |
| Satu Mare | 107 km |
| Košice | 141 km |
| Lviv | 231 km |
| Kiev | 766 km |
By plane
- Uzhhorod airport
- Lviv Airport
- Kosice Airport
- Debrecen airport
- Baia Mare Airport
By train
Mukacheve is on the main line from Chop (gauge change facility; border station of Hungary and Slovakia) to Lviv. There are daily direct train connections (including night trains) from Budapest, Bratislava and Kiev. Regional trains from Lviv several times a day.
By bus
In the street
Kiev-Lviv-Uzhhorod-Chop-Hungary
Mukacheve-Berehove-Hungary
Mukacheve-Khust-Rakhiv-Ivano Frankivsk
Border crossings
- Uzhhorod - Vyšné Nemecké (Slovakia) approx. 50 km to the west
- Berehowe - Beregsúrany (Hungary) approx. 50 km south
- Newetlenfolu - Halmeu (Romania) approx. 80 km southeast
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Palanok Castle (Замок Паланок). Three-part castle complex on the Hausberg Lankowa from the 14th century, well preserved.
- St. Nicholas Monastery on Mönchshügel. (Tschernetscha Hora), founded in the 11th century.
- Ukrainian Orthodox wooden church. 18th century.
- Town hall in the Hungarian Art Nouveau style
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- http://mukachevo-rada.gov.ua/ - Official website of Mukachevo
