Jewish cemetery (Louny)

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Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 10.3 ″  N , 13 ° 48 ′ 15 ″  E

Map: Czech Republic
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Jewish cemetery (Louny)
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Mourning hall
View of the cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Louny (German Laun ), the district town of Okres Louny in Ústecký kraj in the Czech Republic , was established around 1875. The Jewish cemetery , which is located outside the village, is a protected cultural monument .

The 1712 m² cemetery replaced two older Jewish cemeteries that were later leveled.

The mourning hall has been extensively renovated in recent years.

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 edition ).
  • Kamil Linhart: History of the Jews in Laun . In: Hugo Gold , The Jews and Jewish communities of Bohemia in the past and present, Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno / Prague 1934, pp. 348–362 ( online ) at the Upper Austria Regional Library . [not evaluated, in Czech language]

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