Glogow Newest Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Lower Silesia Region
District
Głogów
Settlement
Głogów
Site address
13A, Ireny Sendlerowej Street.
GPS coordinates
51.6586, 16.08724
Perimeter length
325 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The entire cemetery area is built over with social housing and residential blocks of flats – no trace of the cemetery remains.
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
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The cemetery was established in the middle of the 19th century. Here were brought some human remains from the old cemeteries. The last funeral was held in 1837. The cemetery was badly damaged during WW2. Cemetery was partly overbuilt, most of the gravestones were sold. However, after the war there were some damaged gravestones. The cemetery was demolished in the 1960s. The school was built on the site. Human remains were exhumed and buried on the Catholic cemetery.
