Storozhynets

Storozhynets ( _uk. Сторожинець, translit. "Storozhynets’", see other names below) is a town located in the Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, north of the border with Romania. It is the administrative center of the Storozhynetskyi Raion (district), and is located approximately 20 km south-west of the oblast capital, Chernivtsi.

Storozhynets is located in the historic region of Bukovina, which has been governed by Moldavia (before 1774) Austria (1774-1918), Romania (1918-1940 and 1941-1944), the USSR (1940-1941 and 1944-1991) and Ukraine (since 1991).

Towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the city was settled mostly by Jews.

Other names

Other names for the city include:
*Strozhnitz (סטראזשניץ - Yiddish),
*Storojinet (German),
*Storojineti (Hungarian),
*Storojineţ (Romanian)
*Storozynetz (Slov),
*Strizinitz (Polish),
*Storozynetz (English),
*Storozhinets (Russian).

Famous people

*Iancu Flondor
*Rabbi Shulem Gershon Ginsburgh the last Rabbi of Strozhnitz, he was the son in law of Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov of Chust.
*Grand Rabbi Yisochor Ber Rosenbaum of Strozhnitz, author of "Divrei Yisochor" (d. 1980), son of Rabbi Issomor Rosenbaum of Nadvorna, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisachar Bertchi Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar.
*Rabbi Yitschok Yaakov Dovid Hager of Strozhnits, son of "Imrei Boruch" of Vizhnitz

ee also

*Bukovina

External links

* [http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Bukowinabook/buk2_108b.html History of the Jews in Bukovina] (German: Geschichte der Juden in der Bukowina)
* [http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/storojinet/ Storozhynets Jews Memorial Web Page]
* [http://www.bukovinajewsworldunion.org/English/6Communities/Storojinet.htm The Storojinet Association]