Jewish cemetery (Třebíč)
Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '12.4 " N , 15 ° 52' 48.8" E
The Jewish cemetery in Třebíč , along with the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague and the Jewish Cemetery in Mikulov, is one of the largest in the Czech Republic with around 11,678 m² . There are over 2,600 gravestones there , and a total of around 11,000 people were buried here. As a national cultural monument, it is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List , along with the Jewish Quarter and the Basilica of St. Procopius .
history
The cemetery was laid out in the second half of the 15th century, not far from where it is today. The oldest gravestone with a legible inscription dates from 1625, others follow from 1628 and 1641. After a flood, the cemetery was expanded in 1888. Immediately after the entrance gate is a well-preserved ceremonial hall, built in 1903.
After the Second World War , after the members of the Jewish community (around 300 people) were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942, the cemetery was no longer used. The necessary restoration of the cemetery and the Jewish quarter was carried out in the early 1990s a. a. Realized with the help of a loan from the American Housing Guarantee Fund and the whole area is in very good condition today.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jiří Joura: Procházky starou Trebici podruhé. Amaprint Kerndl sro, Třebíč 2006, ISBN 80-239-7412-2 .
- ↑ Židovský hřbitov v Třebíči. (Jewish Cemetery in Třebíč), (online) Czech, accessed June 6, 2010.
- ↑ a b Obnova židovských hřbitovů v ČR. (Renovation of the Jewish cemeteries in the Czech Republic), (online). on bbc.co.uk Czech, accessed June 6, 2010.
Web links
- www.mesto-trebic.cz/zidovsky-hrbitov - on the town of Třebíč
