Novoslobidka

Novoslobidka (Ukrainian: Новослобідка; literally, New Sloboda) is a village (a selo) in the Zaporizhzhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its population was 548 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.^[2]

Novoslobidka Новослобідка
Village
Novoslobidka Location of Novoslobidka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast Show map of Ukraine Novoslobidka Novoslobidka (Zaporizhzhia Oblast) Show map of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Coordinates: 47°48′42″N 35°00′25″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Zaporizhzhia Oblast
District	Zaporizhzhia Raion
Council	Dolynske Rural Council
Founded	1859
Area
• Total	19.26 km2 (7.44 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	57 m (187 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	548
• Density	28/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	70423
Area code	+380 612
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

The settlement was first founded in 1859 as Rosengarten (Ukrainian: Розенгартен) by German-speaking Mennonites settling the Chortitza Colony;^[3] it was renamed to Novoslobidka in 1920.^[2] Administratively, it belongs to the Dolynske Rural Council, a local government area.^[2] It is located west of the Khortytskyi District of the city of Zaporizhzhia, the oblast's administrative center.

See also

• History of German settlement in Central and Eastern Europe