Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Silesian Voivodeship
District
Bytom
Settlement
Bytom
Site address
5, Piastów Bytomskich Street.
GPS coordinates
50.346609, 18.920342
Perimeter length
302 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fenced.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The Old Jewish cemetery of Bytom is demolished and overbuilt with multi-story buildings of residential and commercial use. No historical traces of the cemetery have survived. A commemorative plaque on the façade of Piastów Bytomskich, 3-5, marks the area as the territory of the Jewish cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones has survived at the site. Some tombstones from the old cemetery were transferred to the new Jewish cemetery and placed there.
Date of oldest tombstone
1828 (fragment of tombstone in the lapidarium in the new cemetery, most probably from the old cemetery).
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
Between buildings number 3 and 5 on Piastów Bytomskich Street there is a commemorative plaque marking the site of cemetery.
Drone surveys
No

Historical overview

Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery
Bytom Old Jewish Cemetery