Lovopetri Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Kisvárdai
Settlement
Lövőpetri
Site address
The Jewish section is located inside the municipal cemetery, on József Attila Street.
GPS coordinates
48.18586, 22.19456
Perimeter length
288 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Jewish section
General site condition
The actual cemetery is much smaller than marked on the cadastral map. The territory looks cared after and the grass is mown.
Number of existing gravestones
19 gravestones: 11 intact and 8 fragments or pedestal bases.
Date of oldest tombstone
1860
Date of newest tombstone
1932
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The Jewish cemetery of Lövőpetri was established as early as 1860, since the oldest tombstone found in the cemetery dates to that year. The latest tombstone found in the cemetery was erected in 1932. The cemetery is now part of the local municipal cemetery.
In 1840, 34 Jews were recorded as living in the village of Lövőpetri. The Jewish community reached its peak in 1880 with a population of 59, after which their numbers decreased and by 1941, only 13 Jews remained in the village. In 1944 the Jews of Lövőpetri were deported to the Kisvárda Ghetto and from there to Auschwitz. After the war, only seven Jews from Lövőpetri survived. They did not stay in the village, and the Jewish community in Lövőpetri was never rebuilt.
