Kisnameny Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Fehérgyarmati
Settlement
Kisnamény
Site address
The cemetery is located next to 11, Hatház Street.
GPS coordinates
47.95582, 22.68502
Perimeter length
218 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
In the territory the path is mowed. There are many broken gravestones.
Number of existing gravestones
6 standing and 10 broken gravestones were found.
Date of oldest tombstone
1900
Date of newest tombstone
1930
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Kisnamény was established as early as 1895, since it is marked on the cadastral map of that year. The latest tombstone found in the cemetery was erected in 1933. The cemetery has not been fenced.
The village of Kisnamény had a Jewish population of 53 residents in 1840. Forty years later, nearly 12% of the population was Jewish (89 out of 746 people). However, by 1910, the Jewish population was nearly halved. In 1920 there were 48 Jews in Kisnamény and 43 in 1930. By 1941, there 37 Jews among the town’s population of 698.
