Old Jewish Cemetery (Kołobrzeg)

Area of ​​the Jewish cemetery in Kolberg with a memorial

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Kołobrzeg (German Kolberg ), a Polish city ​​in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship , was laid out around 1815/1820 on Münderfeld, which later became the theater park. After it was fully occupied, the new Jewish cemetery on the eastern outskirts was acquired around 1885 .

The newer cemetery is shown in the measuring table sheet from 1880 ( Prussian regional survey ) (see photo). These Jewish cemeteries were signed with “burial place” and an “L” instead of a † on the cards.

New Jewish cemetery (burial place) in Kolberg, 1880

During the time of National Socialism , the community had to give up its cemetery at the city park. During the National Socialist rule, the Jewish cemeteries were leveled.

Today marble grave plaques mark the place where the old Jewish cemetery was once located. On the basis of grave relics found in the mid-1990s, a memorial was set up in 2000.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online version ).

Web links

Commons : Old Jewish Cemetery (Kołobrzeg)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Virtual Shtetl (accessed on March 16, 2016)

Coordinates: 54 ° 10 ′ 59 ″  N , 15 ° 33 ′ 43 ″  E