Jewish cemetery (Nová Cerekev)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 8.3 "  N , 15 ° 7 ′ 12.8"  E

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Jewish cemetery (Nová Cerekev)
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Jewish cemetery in Nová Cerekev

The Jewish cemetery in Nová Cerekev (German Neu Cerekwe , also New Zerekwe ), a town in Okres Pelhřimov in the Czech Republic , was laid out around 1690. The Jewish cemetery has been a protected cultural monument since 1988 .

There are still around 450 gravestones ( Mazevot ) in the cemetery . The oldest tombstone is from 1692.

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 ).
  • Karl Bian: New Cerekwe . In: Hugo Gold , The Jews and Jewish communities of Bohemia in the past and present . Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno / Prague 1934, p. 600 ( online ) at the State Library of Upper Austria .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Description as a cultural monument