Jewish cemetery (Písek)
Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 59.5 ″ N , 14 ° 7 ′ 35.1 ″ E
The Jewish cemetery in Písek (German Pisek ), a Czech town in the Okres Písek of the South Bohemian region , was laid out in the late 1870s.
history
The Jewish cemetery was destroyed in 1969/70 and prefabricated buildings were built on part of the site . About 25 years later, part of the area was restored as a burial place. Only a few tombstones ( mazewot ) are left in the cemetery .
The Jewish cemetery northwest of the city has been a protected cultural monument since 1988 .
See also
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online version ).
Web links
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