Zolotyi Potik

Name in English: 
Potok Zloty
Name in Ukrainian: 
Zolotyi Potik
Name in Polish: 
Potok Złoty
Name in Hebrew: 
פוטוק זלוטי
Name in Yiddish: 
פּאָטיק (Potik)
Historical-cultural region: 
Eastern Galicia
Administrative District : 
Ternopil province, Buchach district
Administrative History: 

District Bohorodczany

Population Data: 

 

Year

General Population

Jewish Population

1765

(?)

335

1880

3142

1247

1900

3369

1036

1921

3174

895

 

Zolotyi Potik is situated about 20 km. south of Buczacz. The Polish name for the city - Potok Złoty - means ‘golden stream,’ and is apparently a reference to the location of the city in proximity to the Dniester, as well as to family's surname of its founder - the voivode of Breslav Jakub Potocki. A settlement was apparently founded at the site in 1570,  and already in 1600 King Zigmund the Third granted to it Magdeburg city rights, including the license to hold annual fairs and weekly markets. Stefan Potocki built a fortress in the city, surrounded by a moat and watch-towers. During the war with the Ottomans, the city was captured in 1672 and again in 1676.