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Bóbrka

Bóbrka and Galician History - Another time, another place

Bóbrka (Brief summary from Pinkas Hakehilot soon to be on-line at JewishGen)
General and Jewish Population figures over the years

Year Total Jewish

1765 ? 713

1859 2817 1778

1880 4348 2007

1890 4939 2395

1900 5315 2500

1910 5628 2502

1921 4391 1480

1931 ? 1833

(Statistics from Pinkas Hakehilot)

Town History
The town was founded in 1469. In the late 17th century the town began to prosper and at the beginning of Austrian rule weaving was an established cottage industry and the well made products found their way as far as Gdansk (Dansig) and Vienna.
It seems that the first Jews arrived in 1661. During the Kingdom of Poland period they were generally tradesmen and inn-keepers, with a few professionals, among them a goldsmith whose work was sought after in the entire region.

Once the Austrian Empire aquired Galicia, the Jews were subject to special taxes and were even assessed for "back taxes" from the Polish period.

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Galicia

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