Rozhniativ
Years | State | Province | District |
Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland | Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) | |
1772-1867 | "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | |
1867-1914 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Dolina powiat |
1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | |
1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Dolina powiat |
1918 - May 1919 | West-Ukrainian People's Republic | ||
May 1919 - September 1939 | Republic of Poland | Stanislawów wojewódstwo | Dolina powiat |
September 1939 - June 1941 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislav oblast' | |
June 1941 - July 1944 | Under German occupation:
General Government (Das Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete) |
Distrikt Galizien | Stanislau Kreishaupt-mannschaft |
1944-91 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast'; since 1962 renamed Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' | Rozhniativ raion |
Since 1991 | Republic of Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' | Rozhniativ raion |
Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
1680 | 2,876 | 1,483 | 51.5% |
1890 | 3,263 | 1,589 | 48.6% |
1900 | 3,489 | 1,089 | 31.2% |
1910 | 3,583 | 1,508 | 42% |
1921 | 3,266 | 1,349 | 41.3% |
1931 | 1,635 | ||
2008 | 4,003 | 0 |
For the photographs of the town and the Jewish cemetery see the Gallery section.
Usefull links:
Yizkor Book of Rozhniatov - English translation
Rozhniatov on Virtual shtetel
Rozhniatov on the Kehilalinks project
Rozhniatov in "Pinkas Hakehilot"
Related items:
About closing the synagogue in Rozhniatov
Rozhniatov is a small town on the Dubi River, 65 km from Ivano-Frankivsk.
The known Rabbi Aria Leib Hacohen Heller who worte the Jewish law book "Ktzout Hachoshin" (קצות החושן) served as the rabbi of Rozhniatov for a number of years before being appointed the rabbi of stryi.