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Brygidki
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Background
Brygidki (Ukrainian: ÐÑигÑдки) is a prison in the building of a former Bridgettine nunnery in Lviv, Ukraine.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1614
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Male
Opened
1614
Region
Lviv
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
ZdzisÅaw Stahl1901–1987 · economist
Franciszek Paulik1866–1940 · military officer
Roman Wajda1901–1974 · military officer.jpg)
Simon Wiesenthal1908–2005 · Nazis hunterSimon Wiesenthal (31 December 1908 â 20 September 2005) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer.
WÅadysÅaw Anders1892–1970 · military officer.jpg)
Roman Schneider1889–1969 · painter- Roman Schneider1889–1969 · painter
Karol Kurek1895–1940 · military officer.jpg)
Karol Walter1891–1940 · judge
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Related facilities
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2034440)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Brygidki. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/brygidki
Chicago
"Brygidki." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/brygidki.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-brygidki,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Brygidki},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/brygidki},
urldate = {2026-07-22}
}