Buchach is a city located on the Strypa River in Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast (province) of Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Buchach urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Buchach rests 135 kilometres south-east of Lviv, in the historic region of Halychyna (Galicia). The city was located in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the partitions, followed by the Habsburg monarchy (1772—1804), Austrian empire (1804—1867), Austro-Hungary (1867—1918), West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918—1919), and Poland (1919—1939). The population was estimated at 12,171.
Panoramic view of Buchach in 2017
The old town hall, a joint work of architect Bernard Meretyn and sculptor Johann Georg Pinsel
Early 20th-century view of the town
Buchach Castle
Ternopil Oblast, also referred to as Ternopilshchyna or Ternopillia, is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret, a tributary of the Dniester. Population: 1,021,713.
Kingdom of Galicia, administrative, 1914
Pochaiv Monastery
Dzhuryn Waterfall, one of the highest in Ukraine
Bridge near Terebovlia