Horodnytsia () is a village in Husiatyn settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.Гусятинська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
History The first written mention of Horodnytsia comes from 1485. In 1848 a stone sculpture, believed to depict Svetovit was discovered in the Zbruch river near a hill in the vicinity of Horodnytsia. Remains of a castle are located on the site of a former fortification on another hill, as well as a burial site of Kyivan Rus period are also located in the vicinity.
During the Soviet period Horodnytsia belonged to Kopychyntsi Raion.
Religion Churches: Holy Trinity (1772, brick) All Saints (built as a Roman Catholic church in 1895, restored in 1994 as a Greek Catholic church) Transfiguration (1912, restored in 1991)
Notable residents Viktor Hurniak (1987–2014), Ukrainian journalist, public figure, participant of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war Osyp Shpytko (1869 - 1942), Ukrainian writer
See also Zbruch Idol
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