The aim of the Chassidic Route project is to create an international tourist route joining the cities and towns, located in southeastern Poland and neighboring countries, with monuments of Jewish culture and religion of significant importance. Its other goals include the stimulation of the socio-economic development of the region by promoting the multicultural heritage-oriented tourism.

The partners of the Foundation in the implementation of the project are the units of territorial self-government and non-governmental organizations. Today the Chassidic Route joins 22 localities of the Lubelskie and Podkarpackie provinces. In the future we plan to extend it by adding more localities from the territories of Poland and Ukraine.

We encourage everyone to visit the pages, dedicated to the localities of the Chassidic Route, on the Polin web portal: Baligrod, Bilgoraj, Chelm, Cieszanow, Debica, Dynow, Jaroslaw, Krasnik, Lesko, Lezajsk, Lublin, Lancut, Leczna, Przemysl, Radomysl Wielki, Ropczyce, Rymanow, Sanok, Tarnobrzeg, Ustrzyki Dolne, Wielkie Oczy, Wlodawa and Zamosc. Every page contains various pictures and information about the history of Jewish community in given locality.

The implementation of the Project assumes both an institutional support from the territorial self-government units and non-governmental organizations, and the building of a solid inter-sector partnership for the benefit of the development of the profiled tourism, which stimulates the local enterprise by providing the infrastructure necessary for the extended tourist movement. As a result of the project materials promoting the Chassidic Route are published, and the territorial self-government units and non-governmental organizations in localities on the Chassidic Route are provided with competences allowing them to take care for the development of regional tourism together, and to carry on a successful fundraising for this purpose.

The most important point of the Chassidic Route will be the Zamosc synagogue which will house, among others, the Chassidic Route information center. The project of “Revitalization of the Renaissance Synagogue in Zamosc for the Needs of the Chassidic Route and the Local Community” is supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. Construction and conservation works in Zamosc commenced in July 2009 and will be completed by October 2010. The opening ceremony will take place on April 5th, 2011. Within the framework of the “Revitalization of the Renaissance synagogue in Zamosc for the needs of the Chassidic Route and the local community” project an activity “Restoration of the synagogue complex in Krasnik - phase I (protective works from further decay)” is also implemented. The works in Krasnik (a town 90 km away from Zamosc) have commenced at the beginning of July, 2010 and will be completed by April 2011.

We hope that the Chassidic Route Project will result in augmenting the tourist and culture attractiveness of the region, and also will help intensifying the local development of those territories.

PUBLICATIONS CONCERNING THE CHASSIDIC ROUTE:

LEAFLET: The Chassidic Route

BROCHURE: “Revitalization of the Renaissance synagogue in Zamosc for the needs of the Chassidic Route and the local community”

LEAFLET: “Revitalization of the Renaissance synagogue in Zamosc for the needs of the Chassidic Route and the local community”

10 BROCHURES dedicated to the history of Jewish Communities in ten towns members of the Chassidic Route (Chelm, Jaroslaw, Krasnik, Lesko, Lezajsk, Sanok, Ropczyce, Rymanow, Ustrzyki Dolne, and Zamosc), published by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. The online versions of all the brochures can be found in the 'About Us' section of this website ('Downloads' panel), in 'The Heritage' section and on POLIN - Polish Jews Heritage www.polin.org.pl web portal.  

TV FOOTAGES of the Chassidic Route shown by Polish Television Company TVP:

ZOOM camp in Rzeszow, TVP Rzeszow


PATNERS:

Baligrod
Municipality of Baligrod

Bilgoraj
Municipality of Bilgoraj
Biłgorajskie Stowarzyszenie Kulturalne imienia I. B. Singera

Chelm
Municipality of Chelm
Stowarzyszenie Miasteczko
Związek Transgraniczny Euroregion BUG

Cieszanow
Municipality of Cieszanów

Debica
Municipality of Debica
Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Ziemi Dębickiej

Dynow
Municipality of Dynow

Jaroslaw
Municipality of Jaroslaw
Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Jarosławia

Krasnik
Municipality of Krasnik
Fundacja "Za Bramą"

Lesko
Municipality of Lesko
Galicyjskie Gospodarstwa Gościnne Bieszczady
Bieszczadzkie Forum Europejskie

Lezajsk
Municipality of Leżajsk

Lublin
Municipality of Lublin

Lancut
Municipality of Lancut

Leczna
Municipality of Leczna
Łęczyńskie Stowarzyszenie Twórców Kultury i Sztuki PLAMA

Przemysl
Municipality of Przemysl
Związek Ukraińców w Polsce, koło w Przemyślu

Radomysl Wielki
Municipality of Radomyśl Wielki
"Nasza Gmina" Association

Ropczyce
Municipality of Ropczyce
Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Ziemi Ropczyckiej

Rymanow
Municipality of Rymanow
Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Ochrony Dziedzictwa Kulturowego Ziemi Rymanowskiej "Spotkanie-Rymanów"

Sanok
Municipality of Sanok

Tarnobrzeg
Municipality of Tarnobrzeg

Ustrzyki Dolne
Municipality of Ustrzyki Dolne
Bieszczadzkie Towarzystwo Cyklistów w Ustrzykach Dln
Ustrzyckie Stowarzyszenie Turystyczne "Bieszczady"

Wielkie Oczy
Municipality of Wielkie Oczy

Wlodawa
Municipality of Wlodawa

Zamosc
Municipality of Zamosc
The Artistic Exhibitions Agency – the Zamosc Gallery
The Bernardo Morando Fine Arts High School
The Karol Namyslowski Symphonic Orchestra
The Zamosc University of Management and Administration

The first stage of the Chassidic Route project was supported by the PHARE 2003 European Union INTERREG III A Program for infrastructural projects preparation.