Mezhyrichi

(Velyki Mezhyrichi)

Korets District, Rivne(Rovno) Province, Ukraine

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History

 

 

 

Synagogue
Mezhyrichi synagogue. Build in 1713, destroyed during WWII.

Here we provide just a short note on Mezhyrichi in order not to repeat other sources (see links above).

Mezhyrichi was first mentioned in 1544. It belonged to Count Korecki. who was the owner of 65 villages and 5 towns.
Magdeburg rights were granted to Mezhyrichi in 1605 (from other sources in 1590). In 1629 there were 313 houses.
Over different periods up to 1831 various noblemen (Korecki, Ostrozhski, Leschinski, Lubomirski) owned the town.
The first references to Jews date back to 1569 and 1577.
At the beginning of the 1760s, Rabbi Dov Ber ben Avraham (1704–1772), became magid (preacher) there. He attracted numerous disciples from all over Poland to his bet midrash. From 1760 for about 20 years Mezhyrichi was a center of the chasidic movement.

 

 

 

From To Part of
1544     First mentioned
1569 1793 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1793 1921 Russia
1921 1939 Poland
1939 1941 USSR
1941 1944 German occupation
1944 1991 USSR
1991   Ukraine
Year Population Jews % of Jews
1784   295  
1847   1808  
1897 3131 2107 67%
1921 2400 1743 72.6%
1946   80  
2001 2192    

(Data taken from several resources)