Jewish cemetery (Leszno)

Fragments of tombstones in the Jewish cemetery in Leszno

Tahara house

The Jewish cemetery in Leszno (German Lissa ), a city in Poland in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , was established in the 17th century.

In the Jewish cemetery , which is protected as a cultural monument, is the Tahara House , in which the Judaica department of the City Museum is exhibited today.

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 edition ).

Web links

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

• Virtual Shtetl (accessed March 31, 2016)

Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 25.1 ″  N , 16 ° 35 ′ 10 ″  E