New Jewish cemetery (Cieszyn)
The New Jewish Cemetery in Cieszyn (German Teschen ), a town in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland , was laid out in 1907 and used until 1961. The Jewish cemetery has been a protected cultural monument since 1986 .
The new Jewish cemetery replaced the old Jewish cemetery , which was established in the middle of the 18th century. Today around 2000 tombstones are still preserved in the cemetery.
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 ).
Web links
Commons : New Jewish Cemetery (Cieszyn) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Virtual Shtetl (accessed December 2, 2015)
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 26.1 ″ N , 18 ° 37 ′ 49.6 ″ E