# Nyzhni Vorota <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">וועריצקי (Veretzky)</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Nyzhni Vorota (Ukrainian), Alsóverecke (Hungarian), Nižní Verecki (Czech)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion, Ukraine</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>48.7714 23.0983</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>to 1918</td><td>Alsóverecke</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary — Bereg county</td></tr> <tr><td>1919–1938</td><td>Nižní Verecki</td><td>Czechoslovakia (Subcarpathian Rus')</td></tr> <tr><td>1938–1944</td><td>Alsóverecke</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary (re-annexed)</td></tr> <tr><td>1945–1991</td><td>Nyzhni Vorota</td><td>Soviet Union — Ukrainian SSR (Zakarpattia)</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Nyzhni Vorota</td><td>Ukraine — Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion</td></tr> </table> ## Overview A Rusyn mountain village on the southern slopes of the Carpathian watershed in the Veretsky (Volovets) Pass, known since the 13th century as a 'gate' route through which Magyar tribes are traditionally said to have crossed in 894–896. It had a small Jewish community — 545 in 1880 and 633 in 1921. From the 18th century the lands belonged to the Schönborn counts. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Nyzhni Vorota, JewishGen KehilaLinks, Sub-Carpathia SIG</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Yitzchak Eizik Betzalel Steinberg (b.1831)]] | Born ~1831, Died 08/04/1880 | | [[Bluma Weiser (b.1852)]] | Born 02/03/1852 | | [[Golda Roth (b.1854)]] | Born 01/29/1854, Died 09/04/1892 | | [[Sarah Chana Segelstein (d.1854)]] | Died 02/03/1854 | | [[Sarah Chana Steinberg (b.1855)]] | Born 1855, Died 12/29/1933 | | [[Majer Steinberg (b.1855)]] | Born 12/19/1855 | | [[Meir Steinberg (b.1857)]] | Born 1857, Died 1923 | | [[Szure Chana Steinberg (b.1858)]] | Born ~02/15/1858 | | [[Frimet Kreindel Roth (b.1860)]] | Born ~1860 | | [[Josef Roth (b.1861)]] | Born 1861 | | [[Yisrael Steinberg (b.1862)]] | Born 1862 | | [[Esther Malka Rosenberg (b.1820)]] | Died 01/1864 | | [[Chaje Roth (b.1866)]] | Born 10/01/1866 | | [[Moshe Eliyahu Steinberg (b.1787)]] | Died 03/20/1867 | | [[Szure Roth (b.1867)]] | Born 07/24/1867 | | [[Moshe Eliyahu Steinberg (b.1868)]] | Born 05/10/1868 | | [[Josef Roth (b.1870)]] | Born 1870 | | [[Sarah Perel Bernstein (b.1870)]] | Born 12/08/1870 | | [[Hersch Roth (b.1871)]] | Born 08/30/1871 | | [[Gittel Steinberg (b.1872)]] | Born 1872 | | [[Hersch Roth (b.1872)]] | Born 07/01/1872 | | [[Hentshe (b.1872)]] | Born 09/28/1872 | | [[Toba Yenta Klempner (b.1872)]] | Born 11/05/1872 | | [[Eisig Roth (b.1873)]] | Born 1873 | | [[Devajre Roth (b.1873)]] | Born 07/17/1873 | | [[Mendel Roth (b.1876)]] | Born 07/30/1876 | | [[Eszter Weinberger (b.1876)]] | Born 10/15/1876 | | [[Moshe Steinberg (b.1876)]] | Born 12/07/1876 | | [[Eszter Roth (b.1877)]] | Born 06/29/1877 | | [[Schaja Scharf (b.1878)]] | Born 03/26/1878 | | [[Chaje Gicse Roth (b.1879)]] | Born 02/11/1879 | | [[Chaim Ber Steinberg (b.1879)]] | Born 03/13/1879, Died 01/31/1896 | | [[Sheindel Apfeldorfer (b.1879)]] | Born 05/31/1879 | | [[Chana Zissel Halpert (b.1880)]] | Born 11/1880 | | [[Yutta Steinberg (b.1881)]] | Born 01/01/1881 | | [[Seindel (b.1864)]] | Died 1882 | | [[Chana Roth (b.1882)]] | Born 02/15/1882 | | [[Faiga Steinberg (b.1883)]] | Born 06/20/1883 | | [[Smil Berko Roth (b.1818)]] | Died 1884 | | [[Bentzion Steinberg (b.1884)]] | Born 1884 | | [[Ruchl Roth (b.1884)]] | Born 01/06/1884 | | [[Szura Roth (b.1884)]] | Born 08/29/1884 | | [[Moshe Yosef Scharf (b.1885)]] | Born 04/02/1885 | | [[Iczik Roth (b.1885)]] | Born 12/16/1885, Died 09/08/1887 | | [[Smil Roth (b.1885)]] | Born 12/18/1885 | | [[Yoel Tzvi Steinberg (b.1886)]] | Born 1886 | | [[Yoel Tzvi Steinberg (b.1887)]] | Born 1887–1889 | | [[Hersch Roth (b.1887)]] | Born 07/01/1887 | | [[Moshe Eliyahu Steinberg (b.1887)]] | Born 10/31/1887 | | [[Chaje Henne Roth (b.1887)]] | Born 11/12/1887 | | [[Chaya Steinberg (b.1888)]] | Born ~1888 | | [[Yehuda Chaim Leib Roth (b.1831)]] | Died 01/28/1888 | | [[Smily Roth (b.1888)]] | Born 04/10/1888, Died 09/21/1889 | | [[Seindel Roth (b.1888)]] | Born 10/03/1888 | | [[Rifke Roth (b.1889)]] | Born 05/09/1889 | | [[Yitzchak Steinberg (b.1889)]] | Born 07/26/1889, Died 02/09/1891 | | [[Yosef Leib Reiter (b.1845)]] | Died 04/26/1890 | | [[Eliezer Steinberg (b.1891)]] | Born 1891 | | [[Leie Roth (b.1891)]] | Born 03/16/1891 | | [[Szure Rotfeld (b.1891)]] | Died 08/24/1891 | | [[Beile Roth (b.1891)]] | Born 09/13/1891 | | [[Chaim Aron Scharf (b.1891)]] | Born 10/15/1891 | | [[Meyer Roth (d.1893)]] | Died 02/01/1893 | | [[Frimet Kreindel Roth (b.1894)]] | Born 04/10/1894 | | [[Chajem Lejb Roth (b.1895)]] | Born 03/04/1895 | | [[Leib Steinberg (b.1895)]] | Born 05/27/1895 | | [[Ida Grunfeld (b.1897)]] | Born 09/15/1897 | | [[Hinda Roth (b.1898)]] | Born 02/16/1898, Died 03/30/1898 | | [[Jakob Salamon Roth (b.1898)]] | Born 02/16/1898, Died 04/17/1899 | | [[Rezi Majer (b.1898)]] | Born 05/17/1898 | | [[Rezi Roth (b.1898)]] | Born 06/21/1898 | | [[Dobris Roth (b.1827)]] | Died 06/07/1899 | | [[Mozes Roth (b.1900)]] | Born 02/15/1900 | | [[Moshe Zev Steinberg (b.1901)]] | Born 1901 | | [[Debora Roth (b.1901)]] | Born 03/25/1901 | | [[Aron Roth (b.1843)]] | Died 05/26/1901 | | [[Dobris Roth (b.1901) (2)]] | Born 08/19/1901, Died 08/26/1908 | | [[Dobris Roth (b.1901)]] | Born ~11/14/1901 | | [[Mendel Roth (b.1902)]] | Born 12/08/1902 | | [[Leah Steinberg (b.1903)]] | Born 1903 | | [[Yaakov Gottesman (b.1903)]] | Born 06/03/1903 | | [[Jakob Roth (b.1903)]] | Born 11/15/1903 | | [[Meir Steinberg (b.1905)]] | Born 1905 | | [[Isaac Shinan (b.1906)]] | Born 1906 | | [[Salomon Rotfeld (b.1906)]] | Born 01/08/1906 | | [[Laja Hanz (b.1906)]] | Born 04/01/1906 | | [[Szima Liba Roth (b.1906)]] | Born 05/27/1906 | | [[Chany Roth (b.1908)]] | Born 10/10/1908 | | [[Sarah Faiga Steinberg (b.1913)]] | Born 1913 | | [[Ettie Steinberg (b.1914)]] | Born 01/11/1914 | | [[Benci Roth (b.1915)]] | Born 03/1915 | | [[David Roth (b.1862)]] | Died 08/25/1915 | | [[Yitzchok Isaac Spira (b.1921)]] | Born 02/23/1921 | | [[Schaje Roth (b.1852)]] | Died 04/06/1921 | | [[Esther Steinberg (b.1924)]] | Born 1924 | | [[Yehuda Aryeh Spira (b.1924)]] | Born 11/24/1924 | | [[Yidel Steinberg (b.1925)]] | Born 1925 | | [[Rivka Steinberg (b.1926)]] | Born 1926 | | [[Moshe Eliyahu Steinberg (b.1865)]] | Died 11/25/1927 | | [[Meir Steinberg (b.1929)]] | Born 1929 | | [[Perla Komorn (b.1880)]] | Died 02/03/1929 | | [[Scheindel Scharf (b.1877)]] | Died 12/09/1929 | | [[Golda Steinberg (b.1840)]] | Died 02/07/1933 | | [[Chaya Freda Steinberg (b.1934)]] | Born 1934 | | [[Berko Steinberg (b.1842)]] | Died 03/24/1934 | | [[Chana Malka Steinberg (b.1937)]] | Born 1937 | | [[Hinda Roth (b.1855)]] | Died 11/30/1937 | | [[Yechiel Michel Beinhorn (b.1870)]] | Died 1939 | | [[Liba Weisz (b.1861)]] | Died 01/23/1941 | | [[Rachel Steinberg (2)]] | Born | | [[Yaakov Weiser (b.1807)]] | Died |