City Maps
THE ROHATYN GOOGLE EARTH PROJECT
All of the following maps and the landmarks mentioned in each map have been compiled into our Google Earth Rohatyn Folder.
To view the contents of the folder, you will need to install Google Earth on your computer.
Goto http://earth.google.com/ to download the latest version of Google Earth.
Once Google Earth is installed, download our Rohatyn Folder onto your computer.
Once the Rohatyn Folder is on your computer, clicking on the Rohatyn Folder will open it in the Google Earth program.
As Google Earth opens, watch the globe as you descend toward the town of Rohatyn (Rogatin).
On the left hand side of the Google Earth screen, the Rohatyn Folder contents will be listed under 'Temporary Places'.
Click on each item in the list to zoom in on it or to bring it to the front.
Above the 'Layers' label, is a ball used as a slide to adjust the transparency of the maps.
Make sure the map item is highlighted when adjusting the transparency.
Believe me, it takes awhile to learn how to use and manipulate Google Earth.
Many thanks to Alberto for initiating this project.
UKRAINIAN TO POLISH STREET NAME CONVERSION
(The table below gives the names of streets in Rohatyn as they were known at different periods of time. The label column provides numbers that correspond to labelled streets on the c1930 map and on the 2002 map. The current street names were obtained from the 2002 city map of Rohatyn and translated by Yefim. The 1943 street names correspond to the 1943 city map acquired and translated by Donia. The interwar period Polish street names were determined from the 1943 list, the 1932 city map, and lists made by Rosette Halpern. Many thanks go to them in providing the means to figuring this out. The task was made more difficult by the fact that some street names have moved from where they were known in 1943 to different locations on the the 2002 map. If you notice any mistakes or would like to add street names, please let me know. - Alex.)
MAP OF ROHATYN c1930
The following map of Rohatyn was provided by Rabbi Moshe Leib Kolesnik, Chief Rabbi of Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine. The numbered streets correspond to the table above.
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Map of Rohatyn c1930.
MAP OF ROHATYN 1932
The following map of Rohatyn was also provided by Rabbi Moshe Leib Kolesnik.
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Map of Rohatyn 1932
Translation of Legend on 1932 Map: (Translation by Donia)
1. Starostwo = District Prefecture (Administrative Office of the Powiat (county))
2. Sad Powiatowy = County Court
3. Wydsiae Powiatowy = County Division
4. Kasa Skarbowa = Savings Bank
5. Magistrat = Town Hall
6. Gimnazjum Panstwowe = Polish State Secondary School - Piotra Skargi State Gymnasium
7. Pryw. Gimnazjum Ukrain = Ukrainian Private Secondary School
8. Szkola Powszechna = Primary School (aka Czerwona Szkola = Red School) Note from Donia: Practically all but those who went to cheder attended it. I received my first grade education there by 1941. After the outbreak of the war in 1939, I was in the school yard after school when a Polish boy threw a log at me which split my forehead over my eye and called me a parszywa Zydowka. At this point, the Soviets came in. The Nazi's blitzkrieg overran us in 1941.
9. Osrodlk Zdrowia = Health Center
10. Kasa Chorych = Health Insurance Union
11. Elektownia Miejska = Power Station
12. Zrodla Miejskie = Municipal Springs
13. Pow. Knida P.P. i Poster P.P.
Shaded Box 1:
Shaded Box 2: Public Buildings or other assets protected by governmental authority
Other Buildings on the Map:
Poczta (on ul. Slowackiego next to #4) = Post Office
Klasztor (off ul. Slowackiego at top of map) = Monastery and Hospital
Cmentarz Miejski (area at top of map with '+') = Municipal Cemetery
Cmentarz Zydowski = Jewish Cemetery
Ogrod Miejski =
Notariat
MAP OF ROHATYN 1943
The following map was acquired by Donia during her trip to Rohatyn in 1998. This map provides streets in Rohatyn in 1943 which were already renamed in German, Russian, and Ukrainian.
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Map of Rohatyn 1943
AERIAL PHOTO OF ROHATYN 1944
The following photograph was acquired by Alex from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The photo was taken by the German Luftwaffe on June 27, 1944 probably to plan a strategy against the Russian army. The collection of the German Aerial Photographs were captured by the Allied forces.
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MAP OF ROHATYN 2002
The following map of Rohatyn is a published travel map by a Ukrainian company. Street names are given in Ukrainian and landmarks are also shown.
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