Legnica Jewish section on the Municipal Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Lower Silesia Region
District
Legnica
Settlement
Legnica
Site address
Pątnowska Street, between intersections with Kwiatowa and Kazimierza Wielkiego streets, on East side.
GPS coordinates
51.21388, 16.18611
Perimeter length
537 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
The whole cemetery is fenced with a wall made of old tombstones.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The area designated for the Jewish cemetery is currently used by the Catholic / municipal cemetery. No matzevot have survived in the area.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The area of the Jewish cemetery is used by the municipal cemetery. It is not known whether this part of the cemetery was ever used for Jewish burials. Certainly, the New Jewish cemetery was once part of the municipal cemetery, Pątnowska Street was a cemetery avenue, and the municipal cemetery itself ended from the west at Cmentarna Street.
