Jewish cemetery (Kosova Hora)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ 1.8 ″  N , 14 ° 28 ′ 22.7 ″  E

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Jewish cemetery in Amschelberg
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The Jewish cemetery in Kosova Hora (German Amschelberg ), a community in Okres Příbram in the Czech Republic in the Středočeský kraj (Central Bohemian Region), was established in the 16th century. The Jewish cemetery is a protected cultural monument .

The Jewish cemetery in Kosova Hora is said to have been laid out as early as 1580. The oldest legible gravestones ( Mazevot ) come from the second half of the 18th century.

See also

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).

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