Inowroclaw New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
District
Inowrocław
Settlement
Inowrocław
Site address
200 meters South from 84, Marcinkowskiego Street, between 84, Marcinkowskiego Street and 21, Karola Libelta Street.
GPS coordinates
52.80592, 18.25721
Perimeter length
612 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
It’s fenced by an iron fence about 1.5 meters high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery area is clean, the grass is mowed.
Number of existing gravestones
There’s a lapidarium with 60+ fragments.
Date of oldest tombstone
1902
Date of newest tombstone
1822
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
Lapidarium.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
In the late 19th century the Jewish community in Inowrocław founded its own new graveyard that was situated on current Marcinkowskiego Street, right next to the evangelical cemetery. The total surface area of the Jewish cemetery equaled 20,400 sq meters. At the entrance building holding a funeral parlor, coach house and gravedigger’s room. The first funeral, that of rabbi Michael Karinger, was held on December 26, 1886. Also that necropolis was devastated by Nazis during occupation.
