Horodenka
Years | State | Province | District |
Till 1772 | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Kingdom of Poland |
Rus Voivodship (Województwo ruskie) |
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1772-1914 | "Hapsburg Empire", since 1804 - Austrian Empire, since 1867 - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) | Horodenka powiat |
1914-1915 | Under Russian occupation | General-Government Galitsiia | Horodenka uezd |
1915-1918 | Austro-Hungarian Monarchy |
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien) |
Horodenka powiat |
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' | Horodenka raion |
June 1941 - July 1944 | Under German occupation:
General Government (Das Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete) |
Distrikt Galizien | |
1944-91 | USSR: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | Stanislavov (Stanislaviv) oblast'; since 1962 renamed Ivano-Frankovsk (Ivano-Frankivs'k) oblast' | Horodenka raion |
Since 1991 | Republic of Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivs'k oblast' | Horodenka raion |
Year | Total | Jews | Percentage of Jews |
1765 | - | 923 | - |
1870s | 8,824 | 3,159 | 35.8% |
1890 | 11,162 | 4,340 | 38.8% |
1900 | 11,613 | 4,255 | 36.6% |
1910 | 11,223 | 4,210 | 37.5% |
1921 | 9,907 | 3,048 | 30.7% |
1931 | 3,256 | ||
2001 | 9800 |
Horodenka is a town on the small river Yamgoriv, 75 km from Ivano-Frankivsk. It was mentioned for the first time in 1195; in 1668 the town was granted the Magdeburg Law.
In the town of Horodenka, the buildings of the Great Synagogue and of another beit midrash are extant. The Jewish cemetery is partially preserved.
Photographs of the town, its synagogues and Jewish cemetery made by Dr. Vladimir Levin in August 2009 see at the Gallery section.
Items relevant to the community
Title | Type of item | Years |
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ספר הורודנקה/ ספר האראדענקע | Bibliography | 1963 |
Списки и сведения о синагогах в городах: Винн... | CAHJP Cards | 1928 |
Сведения по Городенковскому уезду о:- фабрика... | CAHJP Cards | 1916 |
Протоколы заседаний Совета по делам религиозн... | CAHJP Cards | 1947 |
Протоколы заседаний и постановления исполкома... | CAHJP Cards | 1947 |
Материалы по учёту бездействующих культовых з... | CAHJP Cards | 1946 |
Директивные материалы Совета по делам религио... | CAHJP Cards | 1946 |
Zobowiązania dłużne, kwity, rewersy w sprawie p... | CAHJP Cards | 1727 |
Wykazy stowarzyszeń istniejących w powiatach: b... | CAHJP Cards | 1922 |
Wykazy statystyczne starostw powiatowych woj. s... | CAHJP Cards | 1934 |