Rivne, Lviv Oblast

Rivne (Ukrainian: Рівне, German: Königsau, Polish: Równe) is a village (selo) in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, in west Ukraine. It belongs to Medenychi settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1]

Rivne Рівне Königsau Równe
Village
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Coordinates: 49°22′49″N 23°45′50″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Drohobych
Area	0.676 km2 (0.261 sq mi)
Population	200
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)

The village was established in the course of Josephine colonization by German Roman Catholic settlers in 1783.^[2] It was arranged in an unusual manner, within a pentagon, the only such colony in Galicia.^[3] In the planning process the village was to have a Catholic church built, which, however, did not happen until 1846.^[4][5]

From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Lwów Voivodeship in Poland. In 1936 the name of the municipality was changed to Równe.^[5] In January 1940 the local German population was moved out (Heim ins Reich), later replaced by Ukrainians.