Chrzanów
Name in English:
Khzhanuv
Name in Ukrainian:
Хшанув
Name in Polish:
Chrzanów
Name in Hebrew:
כשאנוב
Name in Yiddish:
קשאנאוו (Kshanov)
Historical-cultural region:
Western Galicia
Administrative District :
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Coordinates:
50°8′N 19°24′E
Khzhanuv is located 23 miles west of Krakow in southern Poland. Jews living in Khzhanuv date back to the 16th century. By the middle of the 18th century there was an established Jewish community in Khzhanuv.
To see the Yizkor Book of Jewish Khzhanuv click here.
For the translation version click here.
Khzhanuv in the Virtual Shtetel project.
Items relevant to the community
Title | Type of item | Years |
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1. Okólniki, sprawozdania, korespondencja i inn... | CAHJP Cards | 1898 |
1. Sprawozdania dot. pogromów i ruchu antysemic... | CAHJP Cards | 1898 |
1. Sprawozdania starostw powiatowych dot. przeb... | CAHJP Cards | 1882 |
Chrzanów | Communities | |
Chrzanów: The Life and Destruction of a Jewish Shtetl, translated by Jonathan Boyarin ספר כזשאנאוו: לעבן און אומקום פון א יידיש ש | Bibliography | 1989 |
Correspondence with the police about the appro... | CAHJP Cards | 1887 |
Gródek Jagełłoński, Grybów, Horodenka, Husiatyn... | CAHJP Cards | 1909 |
Korespondencja w sprawach zażaleń i protestów c... | CAHJP Cards | 1905 |
Korespondencja w sprawie obsadzenia wolnej posa... | CAHJP Cards | 1895 |
Korespondencja w sprawie obsadzeniawolnej posad... | CAHJP Cards | 1896 |