Jewish cemetery (Bzenec)

Entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Bzenec

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The Jewish cemetery in Bzenec (German Bisenz ), a town in Okres Hodonín in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic , was probably laid out in the 17th century. The Jewish cemetery , in the vicinity of the municipal cemetery, has been a protected cultural monument since 1988 . The oldest gravestones ( Mazevot ) date from the end of the 17th century. Today there are still around a thousand tombstones in the cemetery.

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 ).

See also

• Bzenec Jewish Community
• Jewish Mourning Hall (Bzenec)
• Synagogue (Bzenec)
• Bzenec Jewish Quarter

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Bzenec)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description as a cultural monument

Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′ 29.3 "  N , 17 ° 16 ′ 14.1"  E