Błażowa

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Błażowa
Market square

Coat of arms
Błażowa
Coordinates: 49°54′N 22°6′E / 49.900°N 22.100°E / 49.900; 22.100
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Rzeszów
Gmina Błażowa
Established 1435
Town rights 1770
Government
 • Mayor Zygmunt Kustra
Area
 • Total 4.23 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 2,121
 • Density 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 36-030
Area code(s) +48 17
Car plates RZE
Website http://www.blazowa.itl.pl

Błażowa [bwaˈʐɔva] (Yiddish: בלאזשאוו) is a town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 2,121 inhabitants (02.06.2009).[1]

History

Jews in Błażowa

Two young Jewish boys circa 1930 from Błażowa (Bluzhov) dressed in their best clothes (perhaps for a wedding or the Sabbath). Unknown photographer. Subjects unknown almost certainly perished in the Holocaust.

Hasidic dynasty:

  • Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Bluzhov (Błażowa) (1841–1924), the famed Bluzhover Rebbe who was also called the Tzvi Latzaddik.
  • His disciple and grandson was Rabbi Israel Spira, the Bluzhover Rebbe of America.

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ "Population. Size and structure by territorial division". © 1995-2009 Central Statistical Office 00-925 Warsaw, Al. Niepodległości 208. 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 

Coordinates: 49°53′N 22°06′E / 49.883°N 22.100°E / 49.883; 22.100

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