Novi Strilyscha

Novi Strilyscha Нові Стрілища
Novi Strilyscha Location of Novi Strilyscha
Coordinates: 49°31′N 24°24′E / 49.517°N 24.4°E / 49.517; 24.4Coordinates: 49°31′N 24°24′E / 49.517°N 24.4°E / 49.517; 24.4
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Lvivska Zhydachivskiy
Area
– Total	249 km2 (96.1 sq mi)
Population
– Total	938
Area code(s)	+380 3239

Novi Strilyscha (Ukrainian: Нові Стрілища, formerly Polish: Strzeliska Nowe) is small town in Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine.

The first written mention of which dates from the year 1375, still just Strilyscha (now the village of Stari Strilyscha) who were on the verge of a border settlement between Galician and Zvenyhorod principalities.

In 1513, new settlement was separated from Strilyscha and named Novi Strilyscha. Thanks to the convenient location on the trade route from Bibrka to Rohatyn town began to grow, getting the right to hold four annual fairs and weekly markets. In the XVII century Novi Strilyscha even enjoyed municipal rights.

During the Soviet era to 1959, were subregional center in Drohobych Oblast.

Up to now there have preserved the XVII century church and the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. Nearby the village is a museum of UPA, dedicated hundreds of "Siromantsi" and native Strilyscha - Mykola Lebed.