Hajduszovat New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Hajdú-Bihar
District
Hajdúszoboszlói
Settlement
Hajdúszovát
Site address
The Jewish cemetery is located at the corner of Árpád Fejedelem Street and the street leading to the municipal cemetery.
GPS coordinates
47.394849, 21.467907
Perimeter length
78 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a barbed wire fence.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Fenced, but a little bit neglected.
Number of existing gravestones
17
Date of oldest tombstone
1919
Date of newest tombstone
1942
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
There were two Jewish сеmeteries in Hajdúszovát. The newer cemetery was established as early as 1919, since the oldest tombstone found in the cemetery dates to that year. The latest tombstone was erected in 1942. The cemetery has been fenced. There is a Holocaust memorial in the territory.
In 1840, 61 Jews lived in Hajdúszovát. The synagogue was built in 1870 but has since been demolished. In 1880, Jews accounted for 131 people of the village’s total population (3,271). The Jewish population in the village never changed significantly over the following decades. There were 127 Jews in the village in 1910, 137 in 1920, 144 in 1930, and 141 in 1941.
