History of Yagelnica

The Jewish Community from its beginning to the Second World War

Jagielnica is first mentioned in documents from 1488, when the Polish king visited it. It was awarded the rights of a private town of the nobility in 1517.Between the years 1669-1672 the Turks governed it. In 1772 Austria became the ruler. In 1929 it was united with a few villages in the area. In this way the total population grew three times, but the growth of the Jewish population was very small.

The information about Jewish settlement in Jagielnica begins only from the eighteenth century.