Obertyn

Name in English: 
Obertyn
Name in Ukrainian: 
Obertyn [Обертин]
Name in German: 
Obertyn
Name in Russian: 
Обертин (Obertin)
Name in Hebrew: 
אוברטיו
Name in Yiddish: 
Obertin
Historical-cultural region: 
Eastern Galicia - Pokuttia
Administrative History: 
Years State Province District
Till 1772 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland  

Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie)

 Ziemia halicka

Stanislawów starostwo;
1772-1918 "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy  

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien)

Horodenka powiat, Galicia
1914-1915 Under Russian occupation General-Government Galitsiia  
1915-1918 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy  

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien)

 
1918 - May 1919 West-Ukrainian People's Republic    
May 1919 - September 1939 Republic of Poland Stanislawów wojewódstwo Horodenka 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 Kreishauptmannschaft
1944-91 USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast'; since 1962 renamed Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' Тлумачьский район
Since 1991 Republic of Ukraine Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' Тлумацький р-н

 

Population Data: 
Year Total Jews Percentage of Jews
1765  ?  280  
1781  1,361   -
1857  4,414  1,613  30.83%
1880  4,924  1,949  39.58%
1900  5,298  2,070  39.07%
1907  6,542  1,799  27.49%
1914  6,051  1,810  29.91%
1921  4,761  1,131  23.75%
1923  4,781  724  15.14%
1938  5,727  1,120  19.55%
2005  3,359    

Obertyn is a village in western Ukraine on Chorniava river, 23 km. from Tlumach.