Jicin Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Czech republic
Region
Královéhradecký kraj
District
Jicin
Settlement
Jicin
Site address
1.5 kilometer northeast of the city on the edge of the Libosad nature reserve, near the baroque summer house Valdstejnska loggia.
GPS coordinates
50.4423844, 15.3822219
Perimeter length
194 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
Brick fence over 2 meters. The fence was restored in 2024 with the participation of ESJF.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery has been continuously maintained since 1991, most of the damaged tombstones have been erected, some are still waiting for repair. In 2018, due to frost cycles, waterlogging of the foundations and unstable subsoil, an unexpected collapse of an approximately 10 m long section of the enclosure wall occurred. This condition has gradually worsened since then, and the continuation of the destruction was not stopped even by a temporary carpentry structure that supported the disturbed masonry. At present, it is necessary to completely wall up (including the construction of new foundations) a section of the wall with a length of 35 m. Original material of masonry-sandstone.
Number of existing gravestones
about 360
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
Jewish settlement evidenced since the middle of the 14th century. Cemetery founded in 1651, oldest gravestones from the same period, last burial in 1949. Valuable Baroque and Classicist stelae, including valuable Gothic ones.
Partially damaged in 1939-1989 by local people. After 1990, overturned gravestones were repaired, the morgue and part of the demolished enclosure wall were repaired.
