For the Ukrainian town of which Bolechów is the Polish name, see Bolekhiv

Bolekhiv

Bolekhiv is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. It is designated into a self-administrated city district of oblast subordination...

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Bolechów b is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oława, within Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Oława, and 31 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

The author Leah Horowitz

Leah Horowitz

Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Horowitz, , known as Leah Horowitz, was a rabbinic and kabbalistic scholar, who wrote in Yiddish. She was the author of Tkhinne imohes . She lived in Bolechów, Poland.-Background:...

lived in Bolechów.