New Jewish cemetery (Hostouň)
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 46.1 ″ N , 14 ° 11 ′ 28.3 ″ E
The New Jewish Cemetery in Hostouň (German Hostau ), a Czech town in Okres Kladno , was created around 1850. The Jewish cemetery west of the village has been a protected cultural monument since 1988 .
Several hundred tombstones with Czech, Hebrew and German inscriptions are still preserved in the 1503 square meter cemetery .
The grave of the Brandejs family is located in the new cemetery. Alexandr Brandejs (1848–1901) was an important entrepreneur and promoter of Czech artists. He comes from this old Jewish family.
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 ).
Web links
Commons : New Jewish Cemetery (Hostouň) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ nový židovský hřbitov at pamatkovykatalog.cz. Retrieved January 6, 2020
- ↑ Hostouň, Jewish cemeteries at mapy.cz. Retrieved January 4, 2020
- ↑ Obec Hostouň at hostounuprahy.cz. Retrieved December 28, 2019.