Jewish cemetery (Krzepice)

Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 41.4 "  N , 18 ° 42 ′ 24.5"  E

Jewish cemetery (Krzepice)​

Poland

Jewish cemetery in Krzepice

The Jewish cemetery in Krzepice (German Krippitz ), a Polish city ​​in the Silesian Voivodeship , was laid out in the first half of the 18th century. The 1.4 hectare large Jewish cemetery with still about 670 visible graves is a protected cultural monument .

There are around 400 metal grave tablets preserved in the cemetery, which are very rare in Europe.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online version ).

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Krzepice)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Virtual Shtetl (accessed December 3, 2015)