Chabanivka  was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century - 1918 and 1938-1944) with the name of Bačsava in the Ungvári járás (district) and Ung megyé (county), next part of Czechoslovakia (1918-1938) with the name of Bačovo in Podkarpatská Rus (Sub-Carpathia), then part of the Soviet Union (Ukraine) (1945-1993) with the name of Čsabanyivka in the Uzhhorod (district) and since 1993 known as Chabanivka in the Uzhhorodskyi rayon (district) and the Zakarpats'ka oblast (county) of Ukraine.
Other spellings/names for Chabanivka are: Bacsó, Batčhive, Čhabanowka, Tschabaniwka, and Tschabanowka. In Yiddish, Chabanivka was referred to as Batscheve .
Chabanivka is located 15 miles SE of Uzhhorod, 8 miles WNW of Mukacheve.
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Zakarpats'ka oblast, Ukraine
Map: Copyright ©2008 by Marshall J. KATZ
permission for use on this shtetl page given.
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~ History ~
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The first Jews probably settled in Chabanivka in the early 19th century. The population of Chabanivka in 1877 was 385 made up of Germans, Rusyns and Jews and comprised the following religions: Roman Catholic (1); Greek Orthodox (266); Reformed (0), and Jewish (118). In 1877, the Jews of Chabanivka attended the Szerednye synagogue.
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In 1921, the Jewish population of Chabanivka was 165 and by 1944, there were approximately 30 Jewish families (about 200 Jews) living there.
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Today, Chabanivka is a still a small village with about 442 inhabitants. A great number of the Jews of Chabanivka were murdered in the Holocaust and no Jews live there today.
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Compiled and Created by: Marshall J. KATZ, USA
with assistance from
Genealogy Indexer
Rudolf (Milu) KATZ, b. 1927 in Klucsárka, Czechoslovakia
Surie MARKOWITZ, b. 1928 in Bačovo, Czechoslovakia
Amos Israel ZEZMER, France
and the following
JewishGen members/descendants and contributors of Chabanivka Jewish families:
Marshall J. KATZ, USA
Henry SCHWARTZ, USA.
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Updated: 04 Jun 09
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