Gizycko Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
District
Giżycko
Settlement
Giżycko
Site address
37 Warszawska Street, at the intersection of Warszawska and Wodociągowa Streets. Currently, a water tower stands on this site.
GPS coordinates
54.036438, 21.779341
Perimeter length
129 metres. The perimeter is only indicative. There are no sources confirming the exact location and perimeter of the old cemetery. It is only generally known that the cemetery occupied a part of the knoll, where the water tower was later built (in 1900).
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
No tombstones preserved. Currently the historic water tower stands in the cemetery area. Today there is a cafe and a viewpoint there.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The old Jewish cemetery in Giżycko was located at the former ul. Ełcka (Lyckerstrasse), behind house no. 16, near the windmill. Most likely, it occupied a part of a sandy hill where the plague was buried at the beginning of the 18th century. Probably in the 1860s, there was not enough space for further burials. Today, in this area, at the intersection of Warszawska and Wodociągowa Streets, there is a water tower.
(sztetl.org.pl)
