Kozova

Kozova is a small town, in Ternopilska oblast of western Ukraine, in the historic area known as Galicia, 16 km east of Berezhany, some 30 km west of Ternopil and ca. 100 km south east from Lviv. Other possible transliteration: Kozowa in Polish, Kosowa in German, Cosova in Italian. The town is situated on the river Koropets (“little carp”) , which forms a lake in Kozova.

Kozova was part of the USSR in 1939-1991 (with interrupted period of German occupation in 1941 - 1944). During 1350-1772 and 1919-1939 it was part of Poland and during 1772-1918 of Austria (Austro-Hungarian empire). Kozowa, Polish name for Kozowa was used before 1939 when town was under Polish and Austrian dominion. Kozova is administrative center of Kozivskyi Raion with about 5.000 inhabitants (in town itself), mostly local Galician Ukrainians. There were also about 5.000 people in 1939 in Kozova, including many Poles and Jews living there, not now though, since about 1.000 Jews from Kozova were deported to Belzec death camp on September 21, 1942. Later other 1.000 Kozova Jews were shot by Germans in April 1943. And in June 1943, 400 more Jews were executed by Nazis at the Holocaust time. All are buried in mass grave in Kozova. So now the remaining population is exclusively Ukrainian. Few Poles, Jews and Russians are also, but these one can count by fingers in Kozova today.

There are few nice churches (Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox) in Kozova, beautiful lake, old town cemetery, monument to Taras Shevchenko at the main square. Kozova is located at 49°26'/25°09'. Telephone code for Kozova and Kozova district is +380 3547. Kozova Dairy is major enterprise (butter plant, processes 50 tons of milk per day). AGRO Ltd. from Lviv holds majority positions in Kozova Dairy. There is presumption that name Kozova comes from the Ukrainian word “koza” (goat). But there are other suggestions as well. The Jewish Weingarten (Samuel, Jacob, Minnie, Abraham, Rose, Sara) family of both the United States and Canada who were influential in New York and Toronto business are known to have immigrated from Kozova at the turn of the century.

Kozova telephone information service (so called "Dovidkova" in Ukrainian): [phone]

Monuments

*Bellfry of Holy Spirit Church in village of Koniukhy, Kozova district.
*Holy Spirit Church in village of Koniukhy, Kozova district.
*Monument to Taras Shevchenko (classical Ukrainian writer and poet) in front of Kozova Children Arts School (Khudozhnya Shkola)
*Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church

External links

* [http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/kozowasurn.htm List of Jewish surnames from Kozova]
* [http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/kozova-mapa.gifMap of western Ukraine with Kozova marked on it]
* [http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/kozova.htm Kozova images and history]
* [http://www.szukamypolski.com/details.php?image_id=1008&mode=search Kozova Marketplace 1917]

See also

* shtetl