Kórnik Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Greater Poland Voivodeship
District
Poznań
Settlement
Kórnik
Site address
Adjacent to 5, Parkowa Street.
GPS coordinates
52.24548, 17.09878
Perimeter length
457 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fenced.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Demolished cemetery. There is an arboretum of the Polish Academy of Sciences on the site of the cemetery. Fragments of matzevot found in Kórnik were placed in the so-called Needle's Eye (ucho igielne) on Plac Niepodległości 30. The needle's eye door is opened once a year on the Catholic Day of the Dead. The eye of the needle itself was the passage leading to the synagogue.
Number of existing gravestones
About 100.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
