Kisszekeres Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Fehérgyarmati
Settlement
Kisszekeres
Site address
The cemetery is located in the woods, opposite 102, Kossuth Street.
GPS coordinates
47.97471, 22.64085
Perimeter length
164 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a wire & barbed wire fence around 2 metres high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is located in the woods. Care is visible, however there are a lot of broken gravestones. The gate is also broken.
Number of existing gravestones
2 intact and 7 broken gravestones were found.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
1942
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Kisszekeres was established as early as 1894, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year. The only legible date on any tombstone found in the cemetery is 1942. The cemetery has been fenced and is maintained by the municipality.
Kisszekeres is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. In 1880, the total population of the settlement was 482, 43 of whom were Jews. By 1910, there were only 33 Jewish inhabitants, decreasing to 32 in 1920, and 25 in 1930. By 1941, while the town had a total population of 624, only 22 people were Jewish. In the 2011 census, 0.2% of the population declared themselves as Jews. Kisszekeres only had a room where Jewish religious services were held, which was later demolished.
