Ukr. Болехів, Yid. באָלעכעוו
Szewska Street ran south from the market square to the so-called Hebrew district, which resembled a maze of wooden huts, workshops and homes.
Ukr. Болехів, Yid. באָלעכעוו
Szewska Street ran south from the market square to the so-called Hebrew district, which resembled a maze of wooden huts, workshops and homes.
Sefer ha-zikaron le-kedoshei Bolechow (Memorial book of the martyrs of Bolechow), Ed: Y. Eshel, Association of Former Residents of Bolechow in Israel, 1957
Bolekhiv is a town under the district’s jurisdiction, located at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, on the banks of the river Sukil. The town belongs to Dolyna district and is located 17 km from Dolyna. The railway Lviv-Stryi-Ivano-Frankivsk and the highway “Lviv-Chernivtsi” pass Bolekhiv. Its population is 11300 citizens (according to the data of 2001). There are several versions as to the origin of the name of the town, the most widespread of which comes from the word “volokhy”.