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| Uzhhorod Uzhgorod · Uzhgorod · Ungvár | ||
| Oblast | Zakarpattia Oblast | |
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| Residents | 114.897 (2019) | |
| height | 169 m | |
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Uzhhorod (Ukrainian Uzhgorod; also Uzhgorod, Uzhhorod, Uzgorod; Hungarian Ungvár, Slovak Užhorod) is the capital of Zakarpattia Oblast in the extreme West of Ukraine, right on the border with Slovakia.
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The Mediterranean-looking city is one of the oldest Ukrainian cities. The eventful recent history of the city can also be clearly seen in the cityscape: until 1918 part of the Hungarian Kingdom (or Austria-Hungary), then until 1939 part of the Czecho-Slovak Republic and from then on part of the Soviet Union. In the city center there are magnificent, eclectic buildings of the Hungarian Art Nouveau next to the functional, simple buildings of the Czechoslovak interwar modernism and the large-volume apartment blocks of the Soviet era. A very interesting mixture and a history lesson from the last 120 years that you can simply work through while taking a walk.
Uzhhorod is the bishopric of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic eparchat Mukachevo, which has 380,000 believers in the Zakarpattia Oblast. It is subordinate to the Pope in Rome, but celebrates its services according to the Eastern (Byzantine) rite, similar to the Orthodox. This rite church was founded in 1646 by the Union of Uzhhorod (or Ungvár) when 63 Orthodox priests from the Carpathian Ukraine, then part of Hungary, decided to recognize the Pope as head. Theodor Romscha, who was Greek Catholic Bishop of Mukachevo / Uzhhorod from 1944, was poisoned by the Soviet secret service NKVD in 1947. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II, and his relics are in the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Uzhhorod has been a university city since 1945. Around 13,600 students are enrolled at the Uzhhorod National University.
getting there
By plane
The small 1 Uzhhorod airport
(IATA: UDJ) calls itself "international", but it is only used once a week (on Fridays) by Lviv flown from. The airline is Motor yourself, the flight with an Antonov An-24 (turboprop) takes half an hour (as of spring 2019).
Alternatively, you can go to the airport, 105 km away Košice (KSC) in Slovakia (direct flights from Vienna, Prague, Düsseldorf) and from there by bus to Uzhhorod.
By train
At the 2 Uzhhorod railway station can withstand trains ten times a day Lviv (Travel time approx. 5–6 hours) about Mukachevo (1: 10-2 hours). There are six trains per day from Tschop at the border triangle between Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary (journey time approx. 30 minutes). In Tschop there is a change from direction Košice (Slovakia) or Nyíregyháza (Hungary) possible.
By bus
There are currently three buses from the train station in the morning Michalovce in Slovakia to Uzhhorod. The last bus leaves at around 12 noon. You have to plan about 2 hours for the journey because the border clearance (Schengen border) can take longer. The last bus leaves at 3:10 p.m.
In the street
Via the European route 50, the city can be reached both from the west (Slovakia) and from the north (Lviv (Lviv)) reachable.
On the western edge of the city is the Uschhorod / Vyšné Nemecké border crossing (bus, car, truck, bike, on foot) with Slovakia (continue on the E 50 to Michalovce and Košice), about 30 km to the south is the Tschop / Zahoný border crossing (not passable on foot!) with Hungary (further to Nyíregyháza, Debrecen and Miskolc). Both border crossings are open 24 hours, but due to strict controls on both sides you have to plan several hours to cross the border.
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Tourist Attractions
- 1 Uzhhorod Castle (Ужгородський замок, Uzhhorodskyi samok).
On the Samkovaya gora (Schlossberg), it is one of the main attractions. It was originally built as a castle in the 13th century and now houses the historical museum.
- 2 Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in the Transcarpathian Mountains (Закарпатський музей народної архітектури та побуту, Sakarpatskyj musej narodnoji architektury ta pobutu).Ethnological open-air museum. In addition to the wooden Michaeliskirche, numerous exhibits on the art and architecture of the various ethnic groups (Hungarians, Romanians, Dolinians, Bojken, Hutsuls) are on display.
- Greek Catholic 3 Exaltation of the Cross Cathedral (Ужгородський кафедральний собор, Uzhhorodskyj kafedralnyj sobor).Highest ranked church of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. Erected in 1646 by Jesuits in baroque style. After the Jesuit order was abolished in 1773, Empress Maria Theresa handed it over to the Greek Catholic Church. In Soviet times it was assigned to the Russian Orthodox Church, in the 1990s it was returned to the Greek Catholic Church.
- Orthodox 4 Christ the Savior Cathedral (Кафедральний Хресто-Воздвиженський собор, Kafedralnyj Chresto-Vozdwyshenkyj sobor).Episcopal Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. It was built after the Exaltation of the Cross was returned to the Greek Catholic Church in the 1990s and consecrated in 2000. Architecturally, it is modeled on the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
- 5 synagogue (Sinagog).Built in 1904 in a mix of neo-Byzantine and Moorish styles. It has been secularized since the Second World War and is used as a concert hall.
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Web links
- http://umr.uzhgorod.ua/ - Uzhhorod official website
