Jewish cemetery (Kostelec nad Labem)
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 14 ° 34 ′ 52 ″ E
The Jewish cemetery in Kostelec nad Labem (German Elbekosteletz , formerly also Elbkosteletz ), a town in Okres Mělník in the Czech Republic , was probably laid out in the 16th century. The Jewish cemetery has been a protected cultural monument since 2008 .
history
In the 19th century the cemetery was expanded. During the communist era, the area fell into disrepair: gravestones were knocked over and in some cases destroyed. After 2000 the restoration of the cemetery began. Today there are around 300 tombstones ( Mazevot ) left.
See also
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 ).
- Rabbi Moritz Mandl: History of the Jews in Brandeis ad E. and Elbekosteletz . In: Hugo Gold , The Jews and Jewish communities of Bohemia in the past and present . Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno / Prague 1934, pp. 56–58 ( online ) at the Upper Austria Regional Library
Web links
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