Jewish cemetery (Skwierzyna)

Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 31 ″  N , 15 ° 30 ′ 35 ″  E

Jewish cemetery (Skwierzyna)​

Poland

Jewish cemetery in Skwierzyna

The Skwierzyna Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Skwierzyna (German: Schwerin an der Warthe ) in the Polish Lubusz Voivodeship .

The cemetery is located at a bend in the city's southern arterial road between two Christian cemeteries located there. The field name Juden-Busch-Wiese is attached to the area to the east of the cemetery.

In 2002 the 2.35 hectare cemetery was reconstructed ; 247 tombstones were counted. The oldest surviving tombstone dates from 1736.

See also

• History of the Jews in Poland
• Virtual shtetl

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Skwierzyna)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jewish Cemetery - Skwierzyna, Poland
• SKWIERZYNA (Schwerin an der Warthe) (Polish)
• Virtual Shtetl - The Jewish Cemetery in Skwierzyna (English)
• TK25 sheet 3459 Gollmutz - edition 1929

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jewish community and Jewish cemetery in Schwerin ad Warthe