Jewish cemetery (Nový Bydžov)
Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 18.8 ″ N , 15 ° 29 ′ 16.9 ″ E
The Jewish cemetery Nový Bydžov is a Jewish cemetery in Nový Bydžov (German Neubidschow ) in Okres Hradec Králové in the Královéhradecký kraj region in the Czech Republic .
description
The cemetery was established in 1520 and is the third oldest in Bohemia . The oldest gravestone dates from 1577. There are 1480 gravestones on an area of more than 5000 m². Most date from the 17th and 18th centuries and are mostly made of sandstone . Up until 1885, not only members of the local community , but also Jews from the immediate and wider area were buried here. Almost seventy Austrian, Prussian and Saxon soldiers from the battle of 1866 are also buried here.
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 version ).
Web links
Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Nový Bydžov) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- therein: 5 photos of the Jewish cemetery in Nový Bydžov
- The Jewish cemetery
- Nový Bydžov - Old and New Jewish Cemetery
