Csegold Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Fehérgyarmati
Settlement
Csegöld
Site address
The Jewish cemetery is located within the municipal cemetery on Dózsa György Street.
GPS coordinates
47.896931, 22.682733
Perimeter length
56 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Jewish section
General site condition
The site is in an extremely bad condition. The territory is exposed to flooding and it is overgrown with bushes and trees.
Number of existing gravestones
2. There are no legible dates on the stones.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The Jewish cemetery of Csegöld was most likely established after 1894, since it does not appear on the cadastral map of that year. Judging by the cemetery’s location, it can be assumed that the cemetery was opened as a Jewish section in the Christian cemetery of the settlement. At least two gravestones (one of which depicts a Star of David and some Hebrew letters) are preserved, but the inscriptions are illegible.

Csegöld is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. In 1880, among the village’s total population of 777, 10 residents were Jewish. By 1910, the number of Jews in the town was 15, and by 1930, it increased to 21. However, in 1941, Jews only accounted for 10 individuals of the town’s total population of 1,187. After World War II, three houses which initially belonged to Jews were sold to locals.