Gliwice Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Silesian Voivodeship
District
Gliwice
Settlement
Gliwice
Site address
7, Adjacent to Na Piasku Street. The Jewish cemetery is situated in a wooded area between Na Piasku and Okopowa streets. The building on Na Piasku, 7 is situated south of the cemetery entrance.
GPS coordinates
50.29992, 18.67747
Perimeter length
326 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a brick wall of different heights. In some areas, the wall is so short that it can be easily climbed to enter the cemetery.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The Old Jewish cemetery is situated in an industrial area, with the northern border of the site adjoining railway tracks. The cemetery is overgrown and littered and many gravestones are broken. The cemetery is inhabited by many wild cats. Tombstones and the remnants of the beit tahara are present.
Number of existing gravestones
About 600 tombstones are present at the site, most of which are broken. Some tombstones from 1900-1930 are embedded into the inner side of the cemetery wall.
Date of oldest tombstone
1816
Date of newest tombstone
1931
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
The remains of beit tahara.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
