Jewish cemetery (Rakovník)

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 57.5 "  N , 13 ° 44 ′ 37.7"  E

Jewish cemetery (Rakovník)​

Czech Republic

View of the cemetery with Tahara house

Tombstones

The Jewish cemetery in Rakovník (German Rakonitz ), a district town in the Czech Republic in the Central Bohemian Region , was laid out around 1635. The Jewish cemetery , located on the outskirts, has been a protected cultural monument since 1958 .

The cemetery was laid out around 1635 and then expanded several times. Some gravestones ( Mazevot ) from the 17th century still exist.

literature

• Rakovník. In: 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 ).
• Hugo Gold : The Jews and Jewish communities in Bohemia in the past and present . Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno / Prague 1934, p. 520 (= photo page: online ) at the Upper Austria Regional Library .

See also

• Rakovník Jewish Community
• Rakovník Jewish Quarter
• Synagogue (Rakovník)

Web links

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

• Description as a cultural monument (Czech, accessed January 12, 2015)
• Description (Czech, accessed January 12, 2015)