Husyatyn New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Khmelnytskyy
District
Chemerivtsi
Settlement
Husyatyn
Site address
To reach the cemetery, proceed for 2,3 kilometres on Radyans’ka Street in the direction of Bondarivka village. The cemetery is located in the woods at the field on the left of the road.
GPS coordinates
49.05531, 26.21273
Perimeter length
328 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is severely overgrown. It requires clearing and fencing. Many old gravestones are lying down covered with moss.
Number of existing gravestones
50
Date of oldest tombstone
1840
Date of newest tombstone
1889
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. The oldest preserved gravestone relates to the first half of the 19th century, so it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged during that period. It was not marked on old maps.
