According to the memorial book of Nadvirna, before WWII the tombstones from the period of the Khmelnitsky uprising (1648-49) were still preserved in the Jewish cemetery, which may indicate a Jewish presence in the middle of the 17th century. The site is maintained annually by the ESJF and supported by the Nadworna Shtetl Research Group.
For more information on this site visit: https://www.esjf-cemeteries.org/fenced/nadvirna-jewish-cemetery-2/
This church was built in 1896, in the place of a previous wooden church. The constructors of the church were done on donations of the community of Dobrotov. The roof of the church is covered with tin and the walls have a unique design with painted boards.
The Tempel in Ivano-Frankivsk is an Ashkenazi synagogue built between 1894 and 1899 by the architect Wilhelm Stiassny. The synagogue has been restored after 1945 and in 2008. This Neo-Moorish brick building still serves as a synagogue.
There are many ideas about when this church was built and to who it was dedicated originally. Some people believe that the earliest mention is in 1701, others claim that the church was built in 1766 or that the building was constructed even later, between the 17th or 18th century. Locals like to refer to the church with a story of the Ukrainian Robin Hood: Oleksa Dovbush. He would have come to the church to look at its iconostasis. He then would go to a poor nearby village and raise money to make similar iconostasis in their small village church.
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