Jewish cemetery (Rokytnice v Orlických horách)
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 44.1 ″ N , 16 ° 28 ′ 9.2 ″ E
The Jewish cemetery in Rokytnice v Orlických horách (German Rokitnitz in the Eagle Mountains ), a town in the Královéhradecký kraj in the Czech Republic , was established in 1718. The Jewish cemetery has been a protected cultural monument since 1994.
Most of the cemetery was destroyed during World War II. The tombstones ( Mazevot ) were z. B. used as paving of the inner courtyards in the city center.
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online edition ).
- Karl Hostovský: History of the Jews in Rokitnitz . In: Hugo Gold , The Jews and Jewish communities of Bohemia in the past and present, Jüdischer Buch- und Kunstverlag, Brno / Prague 1934, pp. 570–571 ( online ) at the Upper Austria Regional Library .
Web links
Commons : Jewish Cemetery (Rokytnice v Orlických horách) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Description (accessed January 19, 2015)
