Jewish cemetery (Bezdružice)
Coordinates: 49 ° 54 ′ 33.5 ″ N , 12 ° 57 ′ 26 ″ E
The Jewish cemetery in Bezdružice (German Weseritz ), a town in Okres Tachov in the Czech Republic , was established in 1761. The Jewish cemetery with an area of 1655 m² is a protected cultural monument .
Today there are over 212 gravestones ( Mazevot ) in the cemetery , mostly from the first half of the 19th century. The deceased from the Jewish communities of Cebiv , Lestkov and other surrounding places were buried in the cemetery.
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online edition ).
- Ingild Janda-Busl , Franz Busl : The history of the Jewish community in Weseritz / Bezdružice (= Otnant society for history and culture in the Euregio Egrensis. Sources and discussions. Vol. 5). Verlag der Buchhandlung Eckhard Bodner, Pressath 2006, ISBN 3-937117-38-5 . [not evaluated]
Web links
Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Bezdružice) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Description (accessed January 24, 2015)
