Jewish cemetery (Osek u Radomyšle)
Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 13 ° 56 ′ 56.5 ″ E
The Jewish cemetery in Osek u Radomyšle (German Ossek ), a Czech community in Okres Strakonice in the South Bohemian region , was probably established in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The Jewish cemetery , southwest of the castle in the wood on the Johannesberg, has been a protected cultural monument since 1988 .
There are still around 100 tombstones ( mazewot ) in the 1151 square meter cemetery .
The graves of Franz Kafka's grandparents , Schochet Jacob Amschel Kafka (1814–1889) and his wife Franziska, née Platowsky (1816–1885) are located in the cemetery .
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