Legnica New Medieval Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Lower Silesia Region
District
Legnica
Settlement
Legnica
Site address
40 meters West from 12, Bagienna Street.
GPS coordinates
51.217636, 16.153993
Perimeter length
192 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The entire cemetery area is now densely overgrown by bushes and grass, and no trace of the cemetery remains.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
There is almost no evidence of a cemetery in this area, however a member of the Jewish community and a local man told me that locals always refer to the area as the ‘Jew Hill’, which supposes that the legend of the cemetery has been passed down from the former German residents. This however is pure speculation.
