Holosko
Holosko is a residential area of Lviv, Ukraine located to the north of Varshavska Street, on the site of former suburban villages of Holosko Velyke and Holosko Male. Before the Nazi German and Soviet invasions of Poland in September 1939, the area belonged to Lwów Voivodeship in eastern Poland.
Name
According to some scientists, the name of Holosko could derive from Holovsko, the historical capital of Antes people, which was located on Lviv's Castle Hill. According to another theory, the toponym is of Turkic origin and is connected to numerous lakes in the area of Poltva river.History
Image:Lwów i okolice mapa 1937.jpg|thumb|Lwów and its surroundings before 1937The area is first mentioned in documents from 1401 under the name of Holovsko. It was founded by burgher Mikola Zimmermann. In 1415 the settlement was acquired by the city of Lviv and changed its name to Holosko Velyke. A nearby settlement founded by burgher Jan Hanel became known as Holosko Male.
The church of Intercession of the Theotokos in Holosko was first mentioned in 1539 and belonged to Lviv's Saint Georges Cathedral, but didn't survive to our times. Trade fairs were taking place in front of the church starting from 1701.
The Baroque Church of Assumption of St. Anne was constructed in Velyke Holosko in 1775.
Large sandy grounds, which used to be located in the area, were forested by Lviv's authorities in the early 19th century.
In 1910 a tuberculosis sanatorium opened in a forest in Roztochchia hills near Holosko.
In 1923 a Redemptorist monastery was established Velyke Holosko by Belgian monks with the support of metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.
In 1930 Male Holosko became an administrative part of Lviv.
Holosko Velyke was a site of a fierce defence by the Polish 35th Infantry Division - Reserve on September 15–16, 1939, against the invading German forces.
Velyke Holosko was administratively subjected to Lviv under German occupation in 1942-1944 as part of Zamarstyniv district. After the war it became part of Briukhovychi District, and was finally attached to Lviv in 1958.
In 2008 the last artillery shells were removed from an ammunition depot, which had been functioning in a forest area near Holosko since the late 19th century.