Jewish cemetery (Bílina)

Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 48 ″  N , 13 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E

Jewish cemetery (Bílina)​

Czech Republic

Jewish cemetery in Bílina

Grave of the Röhr family; Ignatz Röhr was co-founder and head of the religious community and the burial brotherhood

The Jewish cemetery in Bílina (German: Bilin ), a town in northern Bohemia in the Okres Teplice des Ústecký kraj ( Czech Republic ), was established in 1891. The Jewish cemetery is located next to the Catholic cemetery.

history

The deceased of the Jewish community of Bilin were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Teplitz until 1892 . The Jewish cemetery in Bilin was opened on April 5, 1892 by Rabbi Dr. Adolf Kurrein from Teplitz inaugurated.

In 1895 the Chewra Kadisha (funeral society) was founded.

See also

• Bílina Jewish Community

literature

• AH Teller (Rabbi in Bilin): History of the Jews in Bilin and the surrounding area . In: Hugo Gold , The Jews and Jewish communities of Bohemia in the past and present, Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno / Prague 1934, pp. 34–37 ( online ) at the Upper Austria Regional Library

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Bílina)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of the Bílina Jewish Community (accessed January 12, 2015)