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Bihartorda Jewish Cemetery 2

Cemetery Information

Country
Hungary
Region
Hajdú-Bihar
District
Püspökladányi
Settlement
Bihartorda
Site address
The cemetery is located on Jókai Street, just south of the dirt road that connects to Temetö Street.
GPS coordinates
47.21154, 21.34834
Perimeter length
120 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a symbolic, concrete fence about 0.5m high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is well maintained. The fence is only symbolic and needs to be made higher.
Number of existing gravestones
30
Date of oldest tombstone
1895
Date of newest tombstone
1987
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
There are 2 holocaust memorials.
Drone surveys
No

Historical overview

There appears to have been several Jewish cemeteries in Bihartorda. This cemetery was established after 1886, since it does not appear on the cadastral map of that year. The earliest tombstone found in the cemetery dates to 1895, while the latest was erected in 1987. The cemetery has been fenced.

Bihartorda is a village in Hajdú-Bihar County, located between Biharnagybajom and Berettyóújfalu. In 1880, Jews accounted for 56 people of the village’s total population of 1,510. By 1910, the Jewish population grew to 83, however the population decreased over the following years and by 1941, only 25 Jews remained in the village. As the Jewish community in Bihartorda was rather small, there was only a shtiebl (room of worship) in the village. It belonged to the registry area of Biharnagybajom.

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