Kersemjen Jewish Cemetery 2
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Fehérgyarmati
Settlement
Kérsemjén 2
Site address
The Jewish cemetery is located on the bank of the Szamos river, behind the municipal cemetery.
GPS coordinates
48.02006, 22.41987
Perimeter length
87 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The cemetery is situated on the bank of the river, it is overgrown with bushes. The area appears to be swampy.
Number of existing gravestones
0
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
There appears to have been two Jewish cemeteries in Kérsemjén. This cemetery was in use as early as 1891, since it is marked on the cadastral map of that year. The cemetery was demolished at an unknown time.
The small settlement of Kérsemjén had 23 Jewish inhabitants in 1840. Forty years later, in 1880, the total population was 417, among whom 32 were Jews. The Jewish community reached its peak in 1910, when 42 Jews lived in the village. By 1920, the Jewish population had nearly halved and by 1930, there were only 20 Jewish residents in Kérsemjén. In 1941, among the village’s total population of 457, 17 were Jewish.
