Zolochiv

This article is about town of Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. For the same-named town in the Kharkiv Oblast of that country, see Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast.

Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів, Polish: Złoczów) is a town located in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochiv 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 I, 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

Sobieskiego Street in Zolochiv(1916)

• Zolochiv Castle, built in the early 17th century by Jakub Sobieski (the king's father)
• Stone Synagogue, 1724 ([1])(destroyed during World War II)
• Ascension Church, Zolochiv, 17th century
• Piarists' Church, Zolochiv, 1730
• St. Nicolas Church, Zolochiv, 16th century
• Arsenal, Zolochiv, 15th century

Famous people from Zolochiv

• Tadeusz Brzezinski, Polish diplomat, father of Zbigniew Brzezinski
• Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, Yiddish writer
• Franz von Hillenbrand, a German aristocrat, Imperial and Royal accountant
• Roald Hoffmann, chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Andriy Husin, football player
• Naphtali Herz Imber - wrote national anthem of Israel
• Marian Iwańciów, a painter
• Rabbi Yechiel Michel, Maggid (Preacher) of Zlotshev
• Ilya Schor, a painter, jeweler, engraver, and artist of Judaica
• Abraham Shalit, Jewish historian
• James Sobieski, a Polish prince
• John III Sobieski, the king of Poland
• Katarzyna Sobieska, the sister of Jan III Sobieski and a noble lady
• Igor Vovchanchyn, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter from the PRIDE Organization.
• Weegee
• Rabbi Zev Wolf

Nearby towns

• Brody
• Oles'ko
• Pidhirtsi (Szwaby, Schwabendorf)
• Busk
• Pidkamin'
• Sasiv
• Zboriv

See also

• shtetl

External links

• Official city webpage
• History of Zolochiv and Zolochiv Region (in Ukrainian)