Hyncheshti Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Moldova
Region
No administrative division by regions
District
Hincesti
Settlement
Hincesti
Site address
54-56, Pacii Street.
GPS coordinates
46.81706, 28.59839
Perimeter length
528 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
Fenced by ESJF in December 2020.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
This is a fenced and well-maintained Jewish cemetery. It requires clearing.
Number of existing gravestones
Around 500
Date of oldest tombstone
1868 (oldest tombstone found by ESJF expedition)
Date of newest tombstone
1992
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Yes. There is a structure on the cemetery site that presumably used to be the house of the cemetery keeper, or a beit-tahara.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
