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Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Chojnice
Settlement
Chojnice
Site address
The cemetery is located at the intersection of Widokowa and Kilińskiego streets and next to Rotmistrza Witolda Pileckiego roundabout. Cadastral parcels no. 220201_1.0001.1783/15; 220201_1.0001.1783/4
GPS coordinates
53.7007, 17.56387
Perimeter length
251 metres (undeveloped area of the cemetery plot – 165 metres)
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fenced. The whole area is not fenced. The cemetery is partly fenced with a high concrete wall (from the side of Kilińskiego Street) and with an old brick-made wall built in 1937 (from the side of Widokowa Street). The height of these walls is 2 meters or more.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
Demolished, non-protected Jewish cemetery. Area is neglected and very littered. From the side of Widokowa Street, an old cemetery wall (from 1937) has been preserved. The necropolis is not marked in any form. Graffiti on walls (including historical pre-war part).
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved. Demolished cemetery with no tombstones on it.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The New Jewish cemetery in Chojnice (Kilińskiego Street) was established in 1900 on the slope of a small hill. The area of the necropolis was 0.4 ha. After the sale of the synagogue building in Czersk in 1934, the funds obtained were used to build a fence in 1937, fragments of which are still visible today. The cemetery was destroyed by the Germans during World War II. The trees have survived, as well as the building of the funeral home, which was used, among others, as a woodworking shop after the war. Currently, after many reconstructions, it is used by the Pentecostal Church in Chojnice. Members of the group established in Chojnice in spring 2012.
(“Śladami żydowskimi po Kaszubach”, book edited by Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk and Christian Pletzing; © 2010 Academia Baltica, © 2010 Instytut Kaszubski)

Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
Chojnice New Jewish Cemetery
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