# Potelych
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Potelych
| native_name = Потелич
| native_name_lang = uk
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| settlement_type = [Village](/source/Village_(Ukraine))
| image_skyline = Церква Св.Духа (Потелич).JPG
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| image_caption = [Descent of the Holy Spirit Church](/source/Descent_of_the_Holy_Spirit_Church) in Potelych
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| image_shield = Potelich selo coa XVI XX.png
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| pushpin_map = Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast)##Location in Ukraine
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = [Oblast](/source/Oblasts_of_Ukraine)
| subdivision_name1 = [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast)
| subdivision_type2 = [Raion](/source/Raions_of_Ukraine)
| subdivision_name2 = [Lviv Raion](/source/Lviv_Raion)
| subdivision_type3 = [Hromada](/source/Hromada)
| subdivision_name3 = [Rava-Ruska urban hromada](/source/Rava-Ruska_urban_hromada)
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = [1262](/source/1262)
| established_title1 = [Magdeburg rights](/source/Magdeburg_rights)
| established_date1 = [1498](/source/1498)
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| area_total_km2 = 30.7
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| elevation_m = 258
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| population_total = 815
| population_as_of = 2001
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| postal_code_type = [Postal code](/source/Postal_code)
| postal_code = 80320
| area_code_type = [Area code](/source/List_of_dialling_codes_in_Ukraine)
| area_code = +380 3252
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'''Potelych''' ({{langx|uk|Потелич}}) is a [Ukrainian](/source/Ukraine) village in [Lviv Raion](/source/Lviv_Raion) ([district](/source/raion)) of [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast) ([province](/source/oblast)). It belongs to [Rava-Ruska urban hromada](/source/Rava-Ruska_urban_hromada), one of the [hromada](/source/hromada)s of Ukraine. It is located 6 km (8 mi) southwest of [Rava-Ruska](/source/Rava-Ruska) city and 70 km (43 mi) northwest of [Lviv](/source/Lviv). Potelych has an area of 30 square kilometres (11 sq mi) and an elevation of 258 metres (846 ft). According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 815 inhabitants.[{{cite web |title=Яворівська міська громада |url=https://gromada.info/gromada/yavorivska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=uk}}]
== History ==
Potelych is an old settlement, located near the modern [Ukrainian-Polish border](/source/Poland%E2%80%93Ukraine_border). The first mention of the village is from [1262](/source/1262). Previously, the village was a small town called Telych ({{langx|uk|Телич}}).[{{cite web |title=Church of the Holy Spirit (Potelich)|url=https://ua.igotoworld.com/en/poi_object/66936_cerkov-svyatogo-duha-potelich.htm#/ |publisher=IGotoWorld.com |language=en}}] In 1498, the town was granted [Magdeburg rights](/source/Magdeburg_rights). It was a big economic center on the trade route between [Lublin](/source/Lublin) and [Lviv](/source/Lviv). In the 17th century, it fell into disrepair due to relocation of trade route northerly to [Rava-Ruska](/source/Rava-Ruska).{{citation needed|date= July 2024}}
In the village is located [Descent of the Holy Spirit Church](/source/Descent_of_the_Holy_Spirit_Church), the oldest wooden church in [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast), built in [1502](/source/1502). In 2013 church was added to the [UNESCO World Heritage List](/source/UNESCO_World_Heritage_List) among 16 wooden churchs of [Carpathian Region](/source/Carpathian_Mountains) in Poland and Ukraine.[{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1424|title = Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine|publisher=[UNESCO](/source/UNESCO) }}]
Also in Potelych is located one of the largest German military cemeteries of victims of the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) in Ukraine. As of July 2024, there are 18,000 burials.[{{cite web |title=Potelytsch |url=https://kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de/friedhof/potelytsch |publisher=Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. |language=de}}]
== Notable people ==
* [Cassian Sakowicz](/source/Cassian_Sakowicz) (1578–1647), Polish-Ruthenian (Ukrainian) Orthodox activist and, later, a Catholic theologian, writer and polemicist.
* [David HaLevi Segal](/source/David_HaLevi_Segal) (1586–1667), one of the greatest Polish rabbinical authorities.
* [Lavrentiy Zyzaniy](/source/Lavrentij_Zizanij) (c.1560–c.1634), Ukrainian philologist and theologian.
== References ==
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Category:Populated places established in the 1260s
Category:Magdeburg rights
Category:Villages in Lviv Raion
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