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Nadvirna (Polish
Polish language

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: Nadwórna; Nadverne; also referred to as Nadwirna or Nadvorna) is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is an administrative divisions of Ukraine in western Ukraine. Its capital city is Ivano-Frankivsk.In the past the area was known as Stanislaw?w Voivodship and Stanislav Oblast ....
 in western Ukraine
Ukraine

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. It is the administrative center of the Nadvirnianskyi Raion
Nadvirnianskyi Raion

The Nadvirna Raion is a raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast . Nadvirna is the administrative center of the raion....
.

Until World War I
World War I

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, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Austria-Hungary

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, in the province of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria official ) was a kingdom dependent to the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria?Hungary from 1772 to 1917; independent from July 26, 1917 to November 14, 1918....
. In the inter-war years, it became part of the Second Polish Republic
Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II....
.






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Nadvirna Coa
Nadvirna (Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
: Nadwórna; Nadverne; also referred to as Nadwirna or Nadvorna) is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is an administrative divisions of Ukraine in western Ukraine. Its capital city is Ivano-Frankivsk.In the past the area was known as Stanislaw?w Voivodship and Stanislav Oblast ....
 in western Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
. It is the administrative center of the Nadvirnianskyi Raion
Nadvirnianskyi Raion

The Nadvirna Raion is a raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast . Nadvirna is the administrative center of the raion....
.

Until World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Kaiserlich und k?niglich Monarchy was a state in Central Europe ruled by the House of Habsburg, constitutionally a personal union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary....
, in the province of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria official ) was a kingdom dependent to the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria?Hungary from 1772 to 1917; independent from July 26, 1917 to November 14, 1918....
. In the inter-war years, it became part of the Second Polish Republic
Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II....
. It was then first invaded and occupied by the Soviets in 1939, then by the Germans in 1941 during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. It was absorbed by the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or the Ukrainian SSR was one of the founders of the USSR and a republic that made up the former Soviet Union from its formation in 1922 to its abolishment in 1991....
, part of the USSR, after the war, until finally it became part of an independent Ukraine
Ukraine

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 in 1991.

The city is located in a hilly, verdant area about twenty miles northeast of the Carpathian mountains
Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
. Major exports and raw materials from the town include salt, oil and petroleum products, and timber. The town was popular at the turn of the twentieth century as a summertime resort, with restaurants and hotels.

History


(Under translation)

The first settlers in the region around Nadvirna appeared in 2000 B.C. In the area around the town many finds of bronze age artefacts attest to these settlements. The town arose around the Pnivsky castle. AT the end of the 15th century it was built by the noble family known as the Kuropat. The town is first mentioned in 1589 in an act about the attack on the inhabitants by tatars.In the second half of the 16th century the town received self governing status.

In the period of Halych the town was located on a trading route and a taxation office was located here. The sheild of the Kuropat family has been applied to Nadvirna. After an attack by the Tartas the Kuropat family built a more reliable fortress. in 1589. In 1621 the Opryshky under the leadership of Hrynia Kardash had their base close by. In 1648 the inhabitants toiok part in the Cossack insurection. Soldiers from Nadvirna joined the forced of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in his drive against Lviv. In the 17th century the toen became an important centre for the building professions and also an important centre for trade. Trade from Hungary to central Ukraine traveled through Nadvirna

In 1805 a court was set up in the town. In the 19th century the trades began to be replaced by factory manufacturing. One of the largest factories in Galicia for the manufacturing of farm machinery was erected in 1843 whos e machines were placed at the second world exhibition held in Vienna in 1844. In 1870 a match factory was built. In 1886 deposits of oil were discovered. In 1893 a railway line was built to Stanislaviv. The first train traveled the line on October 21 , 1894.

Nadvirna has a Greek-Catholic church and a Roman Catholic Cathedral in the name of the Trinity built in 1599. SA Roman Catholic parish was formed in 1609.

In the 16-17th centuries most of the population was illiterate however in the 18th century for a town of 2233 inhabitants there was only one school with a German and Jewish curriculum with 100 students.

Jewish population

Nadvirna once had a large Jewish population, whose recorded history in the city dates from at least 1765. The city is still known for its Hasidic dynasty
Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvirna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna....
 and rabbinical families, many of whom now live in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

In 1880, a census showed that there were 6,552 people living in Nadvirna, of whom 4,182 (64%) were Jewish. But by 1890, there were 7,227 inhabitants, 3,618 (50%) of them Jewish, and by 1921, there were 6,062 inhabitants, 2,042 (34%) of them Jewish. By 1942 all but a very few of the Nadvirna Jews had been murdered in the Holocaust, some in ghettos created in the city, but many killed in the Belzec
Belzec

Belzec is a village in Tomasz?w Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Belzec. It lies approximately south of Tomasz?w Lubelski and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....
 concentration camp.

There is a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust from Nadworna in the Baron Hirsch Cemetery
Baron Hirsch Cemetery

Baron Hirsch Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery on Staten Island, New York.In January, 1960, the cemetery drew national attention when 87 headstones were found with yellow paint used to write ?Fuhrer,? and the German words for death and fatherland on gravestones bearing such Jewish symbols as the star of David....
 Staten Island
Staten Island

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, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  where the Nadworna landsmanshaft
Landsmanshaft

A landsmanshaft is a Judaism benefit society of immigrants from the same town or region. These aid organizations were established to deal with social, economic, and cultural problems, and provided a social framework for mutual assistance....
 has a section. A photo can be found here.

Jewish genealogical records

As of late 2006, the following vital records of the town's former Jewish community were known to have survived, and were available for genealogical research:

  • Birth records: early 1850 - late 1865 - stored at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, in Lviv
    Lviv

    Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
    , Ukraine
    Ukraine

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  • Birth records: 1866-1897; 1903 - stored at the Central Archives of Historical Records (a.k.a. AGAD), in Warsaw
    Warsaw

    Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
    , Poland
    Poland

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  • Birth records: 1898-1938 - stored at Urzad Stanu Cywilnego, Warszawie Archiwum (a.k.a. the Warsaw USC Office), in Warsaw
    Warsaw

    Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Marriage records: 1890-1939; 1942 - stored at Urzad Stanu Cywilnego, Warszawie Archiwum (a.k.a. the Warsaw USC Office), in Warsaw
    Warsaw

    Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Death records: 1868-1892 - stored at the Central Archives of Historical Records (a.k.a. AGAD), in Warsaw
    Warsaw

    Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Death records: 1893-1940; 1942 - stored at Urzad Stanu Cywilnego, Warszawie Archiwum (a.k.a. the Warsaw USC Office), in Warsaw
    Warsaw

    Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Kahal
    Kehilla

    A kehilla or kehillah is a Jewish community. In pre-World War II Europe, all towns or cities with a Jewish population had one communal organisation, or occasionally more....
     (Jewish community) records: 1924-1939
    - stored at the State Archive of Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast, in Ivano-Frankivsk
    Ivano-Frankivsk

    Ivano-Frankivsk , is a historic city located in western Ukraine.It is the Capital of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast....
    , Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
  • Kahal
    Kehilla

    A kehilla or kehillah is a Jewish community. In pre-World War II Europe, all towns or cities with a Jewish population had one communal organisation, or occasionally more....
     (Jewish community) records: 1933-1935 (Registry of local Zionist organization)
    - stored at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, in Lviv
    Lviv

    Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
    , Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
  • Holocaust records: 1941-1944 - stored at the State Archive of Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast, in Ivano-Frankivsk
    Ivano-Frankivsk

    Ivano-Frankivsk , is a historic city located in western Ukraine.It is the Capital of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast....
    , Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
  • Property records: 1785-1788; 1819-1820; 1847-1879 - stored at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, in Lviv
    Lviv

    Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main Ukrainian culture. In 2001, it had 725,000 inhabitants, of whom 88 per cent were Ukrainians, 9 per cent Russians and 1 per cent Poles....
    , Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
  • Police and KGB
    KGB

    KGB is the Russian language abbreviation of Committee for State Security , which was the official name of the umbrella organization serving as the Soviet Union's premier security agency, secret police, and intelligence agency, from 1954 to 1991....
     records: 1920-1932
    - stored at the State Archive of Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast, in Ivano-Frankivsk
    Ivano-Frankivsk

    Ivano-Frankivsk , is a historic city located in western Ukraine.It is the Capital of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast....
    , Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....


This is only a partial list of available records, and it only references records from the actual town of Nadvorna proper. There are also records available from the "Nadworna Poviat", which is the larger administrative district that included several smaller local villages.

Note that records less than 100 years old stored in Poland -- which in this case means either AGAD or the Warsaw USC office -- are not open to the public due to strict Polish privacy laws. This does not affect records stored in Ukraine.

Some of these vital records, particularly the ones stored at AGAD in Warsaw, have been microfilmed by the Mormons (LDS Church) and the microfilms are available to research at their Family History Centers
Family History Center (LDS Church)

Family History Centers are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
, free of charge.

People from Nadvirna

  • Manfred Joshua Sakel
    Manfred Sakel

    Manfred Joshua Sakel, Austrian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, was born on June 6, 1900, in Nadw?rna, in the former Austria-Hungary . Sakel studied Medicine at the University of Vienna from 1919 to 1925, specializing in neurology and neuropsychiatry....
    , Polish neurophysiologist, psychiatrist
  • Volodymyr Luciv
    Volodymyr Luciv

    Volodymyr Havrylovych Luciv is a Ukrainians bandurist and tenor. He learned to play the bandura from Hryhory Nazarenko in the Leontovych Bandurist Capella in Goslar, Germany....
     Ukrainian bandurist
    Bandurist

    A bandurist is a person who plays the Ukrainians plucked string instrument known as the bandura....
     and opera singer
  • Mariyka Pidhiryanka
    Mariyka Pidhiryanka

    Mariyka Pidhiryanka was a Ukraine poet, best remembered for her children's poetry though she also wrote adult work on patriotic themes....
     Ukrainian poet


External links

  • - includes names of many immigrants from Nadvirna to the United States through benevolent societies and cemetery records


See also

  • Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)
    Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

    Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvirna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna....