Turi Remety
Turi Remety or Tur'i Remety (Ukrainian Тур'ї Ремети, Hungarian Turja-Remete, Slovak Turie Remety, Czech Remetské Hámre or Turjanský Remety) is a village in the Perechyn district of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the river Turichka.
Turi Remety
Тур'ї Ремети | |
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 Church at Turi Remety | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Map of Zakarpattia Oblast showing Perechyn district. | |
  Turi Remety Location of Turi Remety | |
| Coordinates: 48°42′51″N 22°35′38″E | |
| Country Oblast Raion |  Ukraine Zakarpattia OblastPerechyn Raion |
| founded | 1541 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,886 km2 (1,886 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,340 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 89221 |
| Area code(s) | +380-3145 |
| Climate | Dfb |
The population of the village is 3,340 and its coordinates are 48°42′51″N 22°35′38″E. It stand at 240 meters above sea level.
The church at Turi Remety has on its outer wall a memorial to Fedor Feketa (c. 1789-1838), who regularly carried the post on foot between the village and the town of Uzhorod for over 30 years.[1] It is believed to be the oldest monument to a postman in the world.
Memorial to Fedor Feketa
Notes
- "About Fedor Feketa", in The Sub-Carpathian Messenger Newsletter of the Study Circle for the Postal History of the Carpatho-Ukraine Number 2 – January 2009, p.2. Accessed 28 April 2015.
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