Kolbuszowa Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
District
Kolbuszowa
Settlement
Kolbuszowa
Site address
The cemetery is located on the southern side of 59, Krakowska Street.
GPS coordinates
50.23409, 21.75325
Perimeter length
712 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is an 1.5m high iron fence and the remnants of an old stone fence. Renmants of old fence are preserved along Krakowska street and the iron fence was placed in front of them.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The territory of the cemetery is overgrown with trees, bushes and wild grapes. There are two marked mass graves and the Holocaust memorial.
Number of existing gravestones
210. The majority of the tombstones are intact, dating from the 1920s to 1930s. They are partially covered in moss. Fragments of some broken matzevot are lying on the ground.
Date of oldest tombstone
1855
Date of newest tombstone
1938
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
There is a modern brick ohel dedicated to Yehiel from Kolbuszowa and his son Asher. Next to the ohel there is a tsiun with a wooden matzeva of the local rabbi Abraham Aron, son of Jekutiel Yehuda of Sygut (Hungary). The construction of these structures was completed in 2010 by the initiative Agudas Ohaley Tzaddikim.
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
