Kersemjen Municipal Cemetery – Jewish Section

Cemetery Information

Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Fehérgyarmati
Settlement
Kérsemjén
Site address
Municipal cemetery, Alkotmány Street.
GPS coordinates
48.0212, 22.4208
Perimeter length
Current perimeter is 59 meters, but it is marked cadastral records as 85 meters.
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
The site is protected as part of the municipal cemetery.
Preservation condition
Jewish section
General site condition
The site is well-maintained.
Number of existing gravestones
13
Date of oldest tombstone
1900
Date of newest tombstone
1942
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
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 latest tombstone found in the cemetery dates to 1942. This cemetery is now part of the local municipal cemetery.

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.

Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section
Kérsemjén Municipal Cemetery -Jewish Section