Zolochiv

Zolochiv

Zolochiv ( _uk. Золочів, _pl. Złoczów) is a town located in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochivsky Raion (district).

Zolochiv was incorporated as a town on 15 September 1523 by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old. Located in the Ruthenian Voivodship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it belonged to several noble families. In 1772, following the First Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Austria, and in 1918, following the World War One, it passed to Poland. Zolochiv, known then as Złoczów, belonged to the Tarnopol Voivodship until the Polish September Campaign, when it was occupied by the Soviet Union. Now, it is part of independent Ukraine.

Architectural landmarks

*Zolochiv Castle, built in the 1610s and 1620s
*Stone Synagogue, built in the 17th century ( [http://www.bfcollection.net/indphoto/bfc01220.html] )

Famous people from Zolochiv

*Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, Yiddish writer
*Franz von Hillenbrand, a German aristocrat, Imperial and Royal accountant
*Roald Hoffmann
*Naphtali Herz Imber
*Marian Iwańciów, a painter
*R' Yechiel Michiel, Magid of Zlotshev (See Zhvill Hasidic Dynasty and Mezhbizh Hasidic Dynasty)
*James Sobieski, a Polish prince
*John III Sobieski, the king of Poland
*Katarzyna Sobieska, the sister of Jan III Sobieski and a noble lady
*Weegee
*Zev Wolf
*Ostap Nalysnyk
*Igor Vovchanchyn, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter from the PRIDE Organization.
*Tadeusz Brzezinski, Polish diplomat, father of Zbigniew Brzezinski

Nearby towns

* Brody
* Oles'ko
* Pidhirtsi (Szwaby, Schwabendorf)
* Bus'k
* Pidkamin'
* Sasiv
* Zboriv

See also

* shtetl

External links

* [http://zl.lv.ukrtel.net/index1.html Official city webpage]
* [http://zl.lviv.ua/ unOfficial city webpage]
* [http://zolochiv.ridne.net/node/39 History of Zolochiv and Zolochiv Region (in Ukrainian)]


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