Hornostaypil Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Kyiv
District
Ivankiv
Settlement
Hornostaypil
Site address
The site is located on Chornobyls’ka Street, behind the village council building.
GPS coordinates
51.07005, 30.26227
Perimeter length
508 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery. The cemetery was demolished after WWII. The site is now occupied by the village council building and a local shop. Construction also began on a community centre on the site, but it was never completed.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
The site is home to a reconstructed tsiyun dedicated to Mordechai Dov Twersky of Hornosteypl (died 1903), great-grandson of Mordechai Twersky of Chernobyl.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The cemetery was demolished after WWII.
