Lidzbark Warmiński Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
District
Lidzbark Warmiński
Settlement
Lidzbark Warmiński
Site address
Adjacent to Leśna Street, 30. Former cemetery is presumably situated at the southern end of Leśna Street in the area where there are currently private garages (by the eastern side of the road at the edge of the forest). Exact location is unknown.
GPS coordinates
54.119551, 20.583853
Perimeter length
155 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The presumable area of Lidzbark Warmiński old jewish cemetery is Demolished and overbuilt with garages. No traces of the existence of the cemetery have preserved, no tombstones.
Number of existing gravestones
N/A
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Lidzbark Warmiński likely was established around the late 18th to early 19th centuries, situated approximately 1 km south of the city center along the road to the Gallows Gate (Galgentor), now an extension of Leśna Street. Its usage likely ceased in the mid-19th century with the opening of a new necropolis. Regrettably, no visible remnants of the cemetery remain on the grounds today.
