Jewish cemetery (Brtnice)

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Jewish cemetery in Brtnice, old part
Jewish cemetery in Brtnice, new part

The Jewish cemetery in Brtnice (German Pirnitz ), a town in Okres Jihlava in Kraj Vysočina ( Czech Republic ), was built in the second half of the 16th century.

history

The Jewish cemetery , located far from the site, has been a protected cultural monument since 1988 . The cemetery was created as a replacement for the older cemetery (near the parish church), which had been leveled on the instructions of the authorities. There are still around 250 gravestones ( Mazevot ) in the cemetery today .

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

Commons : Jewish cemeteries (Brtnice)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description as a cultural monument

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 57.3 "  N , 15 ° 34 ′ 10.7"  E