Jand New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Vásárosnaményi
Settlement
Jánd
Site address
The Jewish section is located within the municipal cemetery, on Rákóczi street.
GPS coordinates
48.108314, 22.384309
Perimeter length
131 metres. The perimeter is approximate.
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Jewish section
General site condition
At the site there are 3 Jewish gravestones mixed together with Christian graves, without any separation.
Number of existing gravestones
3
Date of oldest tombstone
1908
Date of newest tombstone
1914
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
There were two Jewish cemeteries in Jánd, the newer of which was in use as early as 1908, since the oldest tombstone found in this cemetery dates back to that year. The latest discovered tombstones were erected in 1914. The cemetery appears to have been a part of a local Reform cemetery.
In 1851, there were 12 Jewish inhabitants in the village who were rich in wood, hay, fruit, and fish. In 1880, among the village’s total population of 814, 69 were Jews. The number of Jewish residents, however, steadily declined in the following decades and by 1941 only 37 Jews remained in the settlement. Painter Dávid Jándi (born in 1893) is the only famous Jewish from Jánd.
