Chrudim-Hlinsko Region - Jewish Sights

Jewish Sights

• Chrudim - Jewish cemetery 
  The Jewish cemetery was ceremoniously opened on 19 January 1890 by the Society of Israelites. From the Second World War the cemetery could no longer be used and fell into disrepair. The oldest tomb is from 1890, the latest from 1940. Approximately 100 tombstones have been preserved. The names of Nazi victims were etched on several of the tombstones. According to preserved plans tombstones are divided into sections – founders of the cemetery, children’s graves, and graves for foreigners. Inscriptions...
  Telephone: 608123237
  Address: Novoměstská ul., 53701, Chrudim
  
• Dřevíkov - Jewish street 
  A lane built approximately in the second half of the 18th century from wooden houses, which were then rebuilt as brick houses in the second half of the 19th century. The Jewish community disappeared in 1894 and the last Jewish families moved away from the village before the beginning of the First World War. The synagogue built prior to 1750 was sold in 1922 and rebuilt as a single-story residential home.
  Address: 53901, Vysočina
  
• Dřevíkov - Jewish cemetery 
  A Jewish cemetery from the second half of the 18th century located at the edge of a forest. The entrance gate was also used as a cover for the hearse.
  Address: 53901, Vysočina
  
• Heřmanův Městec - Jewish cemetery 
  The cemetery dating to the 15th century is among the oldest and best-preserved Jewish cemeteries in the country. The oldest legible tombstone is from 1647. A total of 1,077 tombstones are arranged in 21 rows of unequal length, including a tomb from 1844 and large tombstones from the mid-19th century. The last burial took place in 1940. The tombstones, especially the older ones, are mostly from sandstone; the newer stones are from marble. Inscriptions are in Czech, German, Hebrew, and their various...
  Telephone: 469660340
  Address: 53803, Heřmanův Městec
  
• Heřmanův Městec - Jewish ghetto, synagogue 
  The ghetto was established in the second half of the 17th century, the Jewish settlement dates back to the 15th century. The synagogue from the first half of the 18th century was in 1870 rebuilt in Neo-Romanesque style.
  Telephone: 469660340
  Address: 53803, Heřmanův Městec
  
• Hlinsko - Jewish cemetery 
  The cemetery founded in 1904 to the west of town is among the smallest in the country; 34 tombstones have been preserved, the oldest dating to the end of the 19th century.
  Address: Rváčovská ulice, 53901, Hlinsko
  
• Hlinsko - Museum and gallery, former synagogue 
  A synagogue from 1907 built in the Empire style (ironically following the demise of the Jewish community). The final worship services were held here in 1925; afterwards the synagogue was adapted into a museum.
  Telephone: 469311267
  Address: Havlíčkova ul. 675, 539 01, Hlinsko v Čechách
  
• Hoješín - remnant of Jewish cemetery 
  The remains of a cemetery established in the first half of the 18th century. One half of the cemetery was elevated in 1932 after the construction of the Seč reservoir; a protective concrete wall was then built. The oldest tombstone dates to 1814 and the final burial took place in 1919. The liquidation of the cemetery was gradually conducted in the second half of the 20th century; today the site holds seven final tombstones with Hebrew and Hebrew-German inscriptions.
  Address: Hoješín - Horní Ves
  
• Hroubovice - Jewish cemetery 
  A large cemetery established in the mid-17th century on a slope below the forest is approximately half-filled. A total of 250 tombstones from the years 1788-1966 have been preserved. The last burial was held in 1937 (the year 1966 was only chiselled on an older tomb). Of particular value are Late Baroque and Classicist style tombstones as well as younger Neo-Gothic and Secessionist elements. Inscriptions are in Czech, German, Hebrew, and their various combinations (in some cases even in three languages)...
  Telephone: 731419525, 606842311
  Address: 53852, Hroubovice
  
• Luže - Jewish cemetery 
  An execution site was originally located near the cemetery. Such an undignified site is typical for a Jewish cemetery; the authorities sold Jews the least valuable grounds for their pious locations. The origin likely dates to the first half of the 17th century and burials were performed here up until the Second World War. The oldest preserved tombstones are from the 17th century, and of particular value are the Baroque and Classicist tombstones, including the eastern Bohemian asymmetrical stela,...
  Telephone: 731218506
  Address: 53854, Luže
  
• Luže - Jewish ghetto, synagogue 
  The establishment of the ghetto dates to the mid-16th century and according to records the ghetto was chained shut at night. The majority of houses after reconstruction stand here today, including House No. 44 where a Jewish ritual bath (mikva) was once located; remains of the equipment for heating the water remain at the site today. The synagogue stood in the centre of the ghetto, perhaps 100 metres southwest from the square. The synagogue served until 1940; afterwards it was used as a warehouse...
  Telephone: 731218506
  Address: 53854, Luže
  
• Přestavlky - Jewish cemetery 
  The cemetery from 1844 holds approximately 70 tombstones (only several of which are standing) with Hebrew-German, Hebrew-Czech, and to a very small extent only Hebrew inscriptions. The oldest tombstones are Neo-Baroque.
  Address: 53833, Přestavlky
  
• Přestavlky - Jewish ghetto 
  Address: 53862, Přestavlky
  
• Zájezdec - Jewish cemetery 
  The period of the founding of the cemetery is not known, although it is probably the middle of the 18th century. The oldest tomb is from 1789, the latest from 1919. Inscriptions on tombstones are in Hebrew, Hebrew-German, and Hebrew-Czech. A mortuary has also been preserved and serves today as a barn.
  Address: 53833, Zájezdec
  
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