Prylbychi


Prylbychi is a village in Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in southwest Ukraine. The village is at a distance of from the city of Lviv and from the city of Yavoriv.
Its population is 1,529. Local government — Prylbychivska village council.

History

Archaeological evidence suggests that surrounding terrain was inhabited already in the Stone Age. Pottery fragments of ancient period are found in many places of villages.
The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1371. More recent written references date back to 1437, 1453 and 1469 years.
The village undergone attacks of conquerors many times. Throughout the ages changed owners.
In the end, the lands became the property of Sheptytsky family.
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Thus the village became for the Sheptytsky families marital nest until 1939.
In the village of Prylbychi was born Roman Aleksander Maria Sheptytsky. He was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death in 1944.

Culture

The village Prylbychi has the architectural monument Yavoriv Raion - Church of the Holy Virgin, 1741.
However, parishioners of the village Prylbychi within one night disassembled the old wooden church and on this place was built a new church.
In the village was built the tomb of the Sheptytsky families. Now a memorial stone is in a village on the Sheptytsky estate. Also, the new church and museum was built on behalf of Andrey Sheptytsky.

Personalities

Along with the village on the Gnoyonets River was created a reservoir for some needs of the chemical industry in the second half of the twentieth century. Since 2008, the reservoir has been taken for a long-term lease by the Lviv Carp Club.
This is the largest sport water reservoir in Ukraine that well-known as "Prylbichi lake". It contains 90 pegs for fishing. Here will be the World Championship of Carp Fishing in 2020.
General information about this pond:
In 2019 there was a rebranding of this place, so the reservoir now has its own name: Trident Lake. Official website tridentlake.com.ua.
The most important principle of fishing here is: "catch and release ". It is strictly forbidden to take fish.
The main object of angling here is carp. The average weight of this fish is about 6 kilograms, the largest catches of fish reach the weight of 18 kilograms. The largest resident by 2019 is a carp with its own name, Mykyta has a weight of 24 kilograms.