Jewish cemetery (Velké Meziříčí)
Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '20.6 " N , 16 ° 1' 0.2" E
The Jewish cemetery in Velké Meziříčí (German Groß Meseritsch ), a town in the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou in the Czech Republic , was built around 1650. The Jewish cemetery on a slope above the Oslava river has been a protected cultural monument since 1988.
The oldest gravestones in the Jewish cemetery, which have baroque shapes, date from around 1670.
Mourning hall
See: Jewish Mourning Hall (Velké Meziříčí)
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).
Web links
Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Velké Meziříčí) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- City of Velké Meziříčí (accessed February 24, 2015)