Storozhynets

Storozhynets lies on the Siret in the wooded northern lands of Moldavia. A charter of 18 February 1448 records Prince Roman II granting the village to Petrea, son of Toma; its established boundaries show that the settlement already existed before the grant. Later documents record changes in ownership of the village and its lands. In 1774 Storozhynets passed with Bukovina from the Moldavian principality to the Habsburg monarchy.