Otynia ( uk, Отинія, pl, Ottynia, yi, אוטיניה, also Ottynia, Otyniya, Otynya, Otinya) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

near

Tlumach Tlumach ( uk, Тлумач, translit=Tłumač; pl, Tłumacz, yi, טאַלמיטש, translit=Talmitsh), also referred to as Tovmach ( uk, Товмач, translit=Towmač) is a small city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, ...

and

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

in Kolomyia Raion,

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...

(

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) of western

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. It hosts the administration of

Otyniia settlement hromada Otynia ( uk, Отинія, pl, Ottynia, yi, אוטיניה, also Ottynia, Otyniya, Otynya, Otinya) is an urban-type settlement near Tlumach and Ivano-Frankivsk in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It hosts th ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population: .

History

Otynia was first mentioned in documents from the year 1610 as a baronial mansion. By the year 1914, it was located in the Austrian province of Galicia. Between

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and

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, it was a part of

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, then was a part of the

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, and is today located in

. In the year 1880, the city had a population of 3,714 residents, including 1,557 Jews. In 1913, the town had a population of approximately 5,000 inhabitants, including approximately 1,000 Poles, 2,000 Jews, 1,500

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and 500 Czechs and Germans. In the year 1669, Waclaw Potocki founded in Otynia the first wooden church. At the beginning of the 20th century, in the place of the wooden church was built a new brick church whose altar decorated by artists brought from the Tyrol. Before World War I, there was a large farm machinery factory in the town that employed more than 400 workers, located near the train station. The city was a manor house and park, owned by Baron Łukaszewiczów. The city was the seat of the local Jewish

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nate, and the home of a "miracle worker" Rabbi

Chaim Hager The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name ''Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Haim ...

. In 1941, the Germans and Ukrainians living in the area massacred the local Jewish population. Those Jews who survived were sent to a concentration camp later. The city was also home to a Soviet prison for Poles. On July 25, 1944 Otynia was recaptured by Soviet troops. After World War II, many of the Poles living in the town were expelled or left, moving to Poland.

Notable residents

Herman Wohl Herman Wohl ( yi, הערמאַן װאָהל, 1877–1936) was a Jewish–American composer closely associated with the American Yiddish Theatre. Galicia Wohl was born in Otyniia near Stanislavov (now called Ivano-Frankivsk) in eastern Galicia, ...

, a Jewish American composer who wrote songs in Yiddish, was born in Otynia. *

Francis Karpinski Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places *Rural Mu ...

was born in the village Hołosków, next to Otynia. *

Morris Gutstein Rabbi Morris Aaron Gutstein (February 26, 1905 – April 21, 1987) was an American Rabbi (Jewish Guy). He was a prominent congregational Rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island, and Chicago, Illinois, and a historian best known for his work on the history o ...

, prolific American Rabbi, scholar and historian whose work includes the history of the Jewish community of colonial Newport.

References

External links

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