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Chmielnik [ˈxmʲɛlɲik] is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. As of December 2021, it has a population of 3,557, [2] and lies in historic Lesser Poland. The name of the town is derived from hop (Polish: chmiel).
CHMIELNIK, small town in southeast Poland. In the 17 th century Chmielnik was a center of the anti-Trinitarians, who were expelled from the town after 1661; some think that remnants of their influence in Chmielnik and the vicinity led to a better attitude toward Jews among the local population to the end of the 18 th century.
Apr 3, 2016 · In a small Polish town of just 11,000 people with not a single Jew, a state-of-the-art Jewish museum has been built. Millions of dollars have been invested in restoring the town’s breathtaking synagogue.
This is a translation from: Pinkas Chmielnik. Yisker bukh noch der Khorev-Gevorener Yidisher Kehile; Memorial book of Chmielnik; yizkor book of the annihilated Jewish community. Editor: Ephraim Shedletski, Tel Aviv, former residents of Chmielnik in Israel, 1960 (H,Y)
A Good Place for Jews. The Jews from Chmielnik entered the 19th century as a well-organized and well-functioning community. The community was not very large, though. The mayor of Chmielnik, Franciszek Gnoiński, stated in his report that in 1820 there were 632 Jews and 590 Christians in Chmielnik.
Chmielnik was an important centre of Calvinism and Arianism during the reformation. In central Kielecki District the Jewish community of Chmielnik was one of the oldest in Poland. The legend says that first Chmielnik Jews came from Spain. Unfortunately there aren't any evidences for that in archives.
Aug 20, 2013 · Originally built in the 1630s but reconstructed in later centuries, Chmielnik’s synagogue is a massive masonry building with barrel vaulting. It had long stood as a crumbling, silent witness just...
