Jewish cemetery (Polná)
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 34.7 " N , 15 ° 42 ′ 45" E
The Jewish cemetery in Polná (German Polna ), a Czech town in the Okres Jihlava in the Kraj Vysočina , was built in the 16th century and then expanded several times. The Jewish cemetery has been a protected cultural monument since 1988 .
There are around 900 baroque , classicist and modern tombstones ( Mazevot ) in the cemetery .
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 edition ).
Web links
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