Brody (Ukrainian Броди, Yiddish בראָד Brod, Russian Броды Brodi) is a town in the western part of Ukraine, 90km northeast of Lviv, in the L'vivs'ka oblast'. Population 23,239 (2004).

Brody is the place of the junction of Druzhba and Odessa-Brody oil pipelines.

History

The first mention of a settlement on the site of Brody is dated 1084.

Brody was granted Magdeburg rights and city status in 1546. At this time it was known under the name Lubich (Любич, Polish: Lubicz) that gave name to the Lubicz Coat of Arms of the owner, Stanislaw Zolkiewski (not to be confused with Lubech (Lubecz )).

A crossroads and a Jewish trade center in the 19th century, it is considered to be one of the shtetls. It was particularly famous for the Brodersänger or Broder singers, who were among the first to publicly perform Yiddish-language songs outside of Purim plays and wedding parties.

Famous people

• Adolph Baller, pianist
• Berl Broder (Berl Margulis), Broder singer
• Joseph Roth
• Nachman Krochmal
• Baal Shem Tov
• Hans Kelsen (father was born there)
• Jacques Mieses (German-language article )
• Joseph Ludwig Raabe (German-language article )

External links

• ShtetLinks Site for Brody

Bródy as a surname

Bródy is also a surname, particularly of Hungarian people. (Sándor Bródy , Adrien Brody, Imre Bródy , János Bródy .)