Bohorodchany

Bohorodchany lies near the Carpathian foothills in the historic land of Halych. First recorded in 1441 as a possession of Jan of Buczacz, it later belonged to the Potocki family. Konstancja Potocka founded a Catholic parish and church in 1691; a later church was given to the Dominican order in 1765. The surrounding mountains were also associated with Oleksa Dovbush and his band of outlaws, whom local tradition credits with taking the town in 1744.