Frysztak New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
District
Strzyżów
Settlement
Frysztak
Site address
The cemetery is located in the opposite side to 27a, Glinik Dolny Street.
GPS coordinates
49.83057, 21.60997
Perimeter length
357 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There are the remnants of a concrete fence in the southern part of the cemetery.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
On one side of the cemetery there is a concrete fence. The cemetery is heavily forested, overgrown and parts of it are overbuilt by houses. There are approximately 5 gravestones visible and in situ, and there is also a ruined ohel.
Number of existing gravestones
The cemetery is overgrown, only about 5 tombstones are visible and their inscriptions are not legible. On the pictures at sztetl.org from 2009 there are more tombstones visible, approximately around 20.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
There are the remnants of an Ohel structure dedicated toi Rabbi Menahem Mendel Halbershtam.
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery in the town of Twierdza adjacent to Frysztak was established in the 18th century. Among the tombstones there is the tombstone of the Frysztak Rabbi Menachem Mendel Halberstam, a descendant of Chaim Halberstam from Nowy Sącz, who died on 21 adar 5686 (07/03/1926).
