Sadhora
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Sadhora (Ukrainian: Садгора; Polish: Sadagóra; Romanian: Sadagura; Yiddish: סאדיגורא Sadiger) is now a microraion of Chernivtsi city, which is located 6km from the city center. Previously, it was an independent town.
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[edit] History
Sadagóra used to have special importance for the Hasidic Jewish community, due to the presence of a venerated rabbi (zaddik), Israel Friedmann, who moved there in 1842.
[edit] Geography
Latitude, 48.3500°, Longitude, 25.9667°, Altitude (feet), 941
[edit] Trivia
During the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in Moldavia and Wallachia took measures to enhance the economic and monetary system in the principalities. Therefore, a mint was established in Sadagora by the adventurer baron Nicolaus Gartenberg ("Gartenberg" being a literal German translation of the Slavic Sadagóra, “garden mountain”). Beginning in 1771, the coins that were minted here displayed the coats of arms of both Moldavia and Wallachia on the same side.
[edit] References
- Leo Bruckenthal. Geschichte der Juden in der Bukowina ("History of the Jews in Bukovina"), Hugo Gold: Tel Aviv, 1962, pp. 98-105.
[edit] People
- Israel Friedmann fun Ruzhyn, rebbe
- Jossele Rosenblatt, chazzan
[edit] External links
- (Romanian) Emisiuni monetare Sadagura ("Issuing of money in Sadagura"), includes images of the coins mentioned in the article.