Jawor Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Lower Silesia Region
District
Jawor
Settlement
Jawor
Site address
8, Miłosza Street.
GPS coordinates
51.044983, 16.191029
Perimeter length
165 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There’s a wall made of stones and bricks about 1,2 meters high. The wall is destroyed and need urgent repair.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery area is very well-kept. The caretakers from the Evangelical Church in Jawor take great care of the cemetery. The fence is in poor condition, damaged in many places and provisionally secured. The caretakers do not have money to repair the fence and need urgent help in this matter. The cemetery caretakers are in constant contact with the rabbinical commission for cemeteries.
Number of existing gravestones
102. 53 tombstones with visible inscriptions and about 50 fragments.
Date of oldest tombstone
1840
Date of newest tombstone
1958
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
No
