Hradivka () is a village in Voznesensk Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Veselynove settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. During the 19th and early 20th century, the village was known as München.
Geography Hradivka lies on the Chychyklia River. It is 3 km from the village of Porichchya, 8 km from the village of Mostove, and 36 km from Voznesens'k.
History Population 1811: 208 1817: 228 1828: 277 1859: 713 1881: 1,128 1885: 1,175 1890: 1,446 1894: 1,434 1900: 1,928 1914: 1,828 1926: 1,172 1942: 1,200Height, Joseph S. (1972) "Paradise on the Steppe: A Cultural History of the Kutschurgan, Beresan and Liebental Colonists 1804-1944." Bismarck, North Dakota: North Dakota Historical Society of Germans from Russia. p. 321.
German colonist era The village was settled in spring of 1810 by ethnic German colonists at the invitation of Alexander I of Russia. The village had evidence of prior settlement in the form of stone foundations and pottery when the German colonists arrived. The colonist Heinrich Adler named the village München (Munich), after his birthplace, the capital of Bavaria, although he did not stay long as a resident. In the 1811 census of the village, the colony had a population of 208 people, belonging 48 Catholic families and 8 Lutheran families.Keller, pages 262-263,267.
Modern era Until 18 July 2020, Hradivka belonged to Veselynove Raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four, Veselynove Raion was merged into Voznesensk Raion.
Religion From the 1810 settlement until after the Second World War, most of the residents of the village spoke German day to day, and the dominant religion in the village was Roman Catholicism. Due to proximity, the Catholic residents of München belonged to the Catholic parish in the neighboring village of Rastadt (Porichchya) in the earlier years.
A Catholic church was built in München in 1872. It was built of quarried stone, 130 feet long and 45 feet wide, with a tower 56 feet high. The church was consecrated by Bishop Zerr on 27 May 1890 and was dedicated to St. Nicolaus.
References
External links Rastatt and München, Beresan Enclave, Germans from Russia Settlement Locations Project