Kernytsia

Kernytsia (Керни́ця) is a village (selo) in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. Chuchenosy villages name has been in antiquities. The modern name of village was constituted in 1780. It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Local government is administered by Kernytska village council.

Geography
The village is located at a distance of 3 km from the highway in Ukraine  connecting Lviv with Przemyśl. A distance from Kernytsia to Horodok is 8 km, to the regional center of Lviv is 28 km and 75 km to Przemyśl.

History and Attractions
The first mention of Kernytsia dates from the year 1465. On the territory of village was a German colony Brundorf before World War II. The village was burned during World War II.

Until 18 July 2020, Kernytsia belonged to Horodok Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Horodok Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.

The village has an architectural monument of local importance of Horodok Raion (Horodok district) – Church of the Exaltation of the Cross 1888 (1572 –м).

Literature

 * Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 259