Jozefin Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Pyrzyce
Settlement
Józefin (hamlet), commune Lipiany
Site address
The Jewish cemetery in Józefin is situated in the forest close to the road from Lipiany to Żelice, about 50 meters to the north-west from the junction with the dirt road to Józefin. Access is via a path that leads from the dirt road to Józefin. The path goes almost straight west towards the cemetery.
GPS coordinates
53.017611, 15.000080
Perimeter length
215 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
It cannot be considered that the cemetery is fenced and protected, because its fence is a simple, very low fence (maximum 100 cm) made of wooden boards (two planks between the posts), which in many places is damaged, knocked down or simply non-existent.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Partly preserved Jewish cemetery in the middle of a deciduous forest, in many places with old trees in its area (mostly oaks). Numerous remains of tombstones and some complete matzevot. The relics of the old stone cemetery wall have also been preserved. The area has an incomplete low wooden fence in poor condition. The cemetery is not marked or commemorated in any form.
Number of existing gravestones
57 tombstone remains have been found, including 8 complete matzevot, 3 of which have readable inscriptions), tombstone bases, frames of graves and other fragments.
Date of oldest tombstone
1763
Date of newest tombstone
1896
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Forestry
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
