Liuboml
Encyclopedia
Liuboml is a city
located in the Volyn Oblast
(province
) in western Ukraine
, close to the border with Poland
. It has an estimated population of around 10,300 and is the administrative center
of the Lyubomlskyi Raion (district
).
Liuboml is situated two hundred miles southeast of Warsaw
, Poland, in a region known as Volhynia
. Lithuania
is to its north, Russia
to its east, and Poland
to its west. Because of its location on the border, Luboml has a long history — dating back to the 11th century — of changing rule.
In the 1930s this market town included a thriving Jewish community of perhaps 4,000 persons. In Yiddish
, the town was called Libivne. The entire Jewish community was lost in the Holocaust
.
The town's landmarks include St. George's Church, which was built in the 16th century in place of a 13th-century Orthodox church which previously occupied the site, and the Trinity Church, which goes back to 1412, but was subsequently rebuilt, with a belfry from 1640.
City
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located in the Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast is an oblast in north-western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town and the last station in Ukraine of the rail line running from Kiev to Warsaw.-History:...
(province
Oblast
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) in western Ukraine
Ukraine
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, close to the border with Poland
Poland
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. It has an estimated population of around 10,300 and is the administrative center
Capital City
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of the Lyubomlskyi Raion (district
Raion
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).
Liuboml is situated two hundred miles southeast of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland, in a region known as Volhynia
Volhynia
Volhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...
. Lithuania
Lithuania
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is to its north, Russia
Russia
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to its east, and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
to its west. Because of its location on the border, Luboml has a long history — dating back to the 11th century — of changing rule.
In the 1930s this market town included a thriving Jewish community of perhaps 4,000 persons. In Yiddish
Yiddish language
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, the town was called Libivne. The entire Jewish community was lost in the Holocaust
The Holocaust
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.
The town's landmarks include St. George's Church, which was built in the 16th century in place of a 13th-century Orthodox church which previously occupied the site, and the Trinity Church, which goes back to 1412, but was subsequently rebuilt, with a belfry from 1640.
See also
- Luboml: My Heart Remembers, a documentary film that describes Jewish life in Liuboml between the two World Wars and mourns the town's Jewish population, lost during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
External links
- www.luboml.org, a website in remembrance of the vanished Jewish community