Hucin Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Slovakia
Region
Banská Bystrica
District
Revuca
Settlement
Hucin
Site address
Starting at Hucin Kastiel, proceed 200 metres south down Highway 2837, then turn right and continue a further 70 metres to reach a small square used by buses to turn around. The old cemetery is behind this square, up the hill.
GPS coordinates
48.560638, 20.300153
Perimeter length
Perimeter can not be established.
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The land is not in use. It is overgrown with dense vegetation.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstone preserved
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
According to locals, the site used to be an old Jewish cemetery. It is marked on an Austro-Hungarian map from the 1880s as a cemetery, but there is no evidence that the cemetery was Jewish. Local people say that it was bulldozed around 30 years ago.
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