Makhlynets (, Polish and German Machliniec) is a village in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Hnizdychiv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Makhlynets is located 16.8 km due east of Stryi, Ukraine. History Founding Machliniec was founded in 1823 by German-speaking settlers from the southern Egerland region of Bohemia, notably the parishes of Plan and Pfraumberg. The original settlers were attracted by a publicly distributed notice from the Lord of the Manor of Daszawa, Felix, Count of Dobrzanski, "He will reasonably sell a quantity of his best land to people who want to settle on his manor." The settlers cleared the land and established their own farms on it. Austrian era, 1823–1918 Machliniec was the principal village in what is known as the German language island of Machliniec. The language island comprised the following seven villages, followed by their respective populations in 1934: Machliniec 431 Neudorf (Nowesiola) 473 Kornelówka 235 Drösseldorf (Wola Oblaznica) 203 Kontrowers 170 Lubsza 145 Izydorówka 102 There were four other Bohemian-German language islands, or colonies, in eastern Galizien—Felizienthal, Ludwikówka, Pöchersdorf and Mariahilf. In January 1837, the inhabitants of Machliniec petitioned for the construction of their own church. Dobrzanski provided only the clay for the foundation; the parishioners had to contribute the rest of the building material in addition to all the labour. The small wooden church, dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity, could hold 80 people and was completed in 1842. On 19 August 1862 a new larger stone church was completed. Each landowner donated on average twenty-five Guilders in cash, thirty-seven cart-loads of material and six full days of labour towards construction. Machliniec found itself in the middle of the eastern front during the First World War. The village was occupied by Russian troops in 1914 and many families fled south across the Carpathian Mountains toward Austria. The Austrians regained the territory in the summer of 1915, only to be pushed back again by Russian forces in their offensive of 1916—the colony of Mariahilf was completely burned down at this time. Polish era, 1918-1939 Following the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of 1918, the area around Machliniec suffered from further conflicts first in the Polish-Ukrainian War of 1918-1919, and then in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. Many people emigrated to North and South America at this time. Under Polish rule, the people of Machliniec lost many of