місто Ковель
Історія міста Ковеля, розташованого за 65 кілометрів від українсько-польського кордону, сягає другої половини XIV століття...
The history of the town, located 65 kilometres from the Ukrainian-Polish border, dates back to the second half of the 14th century, when the north-western outskirts of Volyn were in the hands of duke Fedir Olgerdovych's eldest son Sanguszko Fedkovych, who had the title of Duke of Ratno and Kovel. Duke Mykhailo, Sanguszko’s son, made the next owner of the settlement on the Turia river.
It is Duke Vasyl Sanguszko that has taken the most prominent place in the growth of Kovel. It was during his reign in 1518 that a charter was issued by King Sigismund I of Poland. The charter allowed building a town on the site of the village of Kowle. It also received the Magdeburg right, which gave a privilege to hold two fairs a year - on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and on the fourth day of Christmas.
The famous representative of the Sanguszko family built a strong castle in Kovel to secure his family possessions. Due to long conflicts with neighbours, Duke Vasyl Mykhailovych Sanguzhko-Kovelskyi in 1543 accepted the offer of King Sigismund's wife to exchange their belongings. In 1543 a transaction was concluded in Krakow. According to it, Vasyl Sanguszko-Kovelskyi transferred his rights for Kovel to Queen Bonnie, instead receiving the estate elsewhere. The era of the Sanguszko dukes in Kovel had been over. The Kovel Castle had got new owners.
We do not know how that building looked like. Regretfully, no trace of it has been preserved to this day.
Distance:
Kovel is a cite of the regional subordination in the Volyn oblast, the administrative centre of Kovel raion. It is situated 70 km from Lutsk and 65 km from the international border crossing "Yahodyn-Dorohusk".
Catering:
Restaurant “Kovel” (8, Mykhailo Hrushevskoho Str., Kovel, tel. +380 (3352) 50547).
Restaurant "Meat and Folklore" (10, Adam Mickiewicz Str., Kovel, tel. +380 (99) 075 1550).
Restaurant "Premier O" (117, Nezalezhnosti Str., Kovel, tel. +380 (50) 581 2119).
Restaurant "Soprano" (89, Nezalezhnosti Str., Kovel, tel. +380 (73) 555 0797).
Restaurant "Maestro" (117, Nezalezhnosti Str., Kovel, tel. +380 (3352) 59241).
Family of restaurants “Classic” (29, Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard, Kovel, tel. +380 (99) 400 3707, https://classic.com.ua/).
Accommodation:
Hotel River Park Lisova Pisnia (12, Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard, Kovel, tel. +380 (93) 170 7741).
Hotel "Comfort" (8A, Mykhailo Hrushevskoho Str., Kovel, tel. +380 (95) 130 8188).
Hotel & Entertainment Complex "Nashe Misto" (3-5, Zaliznychna Str., Kovel, tel. +380 (96) 257 7171).
Places of interest:
The famous village Kolodiazhne is situated 8 kilometres to the east from Kovel. It is known primarily for the Lesia Ukrainka Literary & Memorial Museum. The museum was founded in 1949 on the territory of the farmstead, where the outstanding Ukrainian poetess spent her childhood and adolescence.
Another museum of Lesia Ukrainka is operational in the location Nechymne which lies 20 km to the northeast of Kovel. It was here that Lesia spent the whole summer and later described this place in her masterpiece “Forest Song”.
One can enjoy crystal pure water from Uncle Lev's well and also a gallery of wooden sculptures here. Nechymne is also known as a landscape reserve of national significance. A natural complex covering an area of 40 hectares contains beautiful Lake Nechymne of karst origin, sphagnum bogs, picturesque meadows and precious oak plantations.