Lubawa New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
District
Iława
Settlement
Lubawa
Site address
Kupnera Street, 33-39. Lubawa. Former cemetery is situated on an area where are located houses № 33, 35, 37, 39.
GPS coordinates
53.504967, 19.758143
Perimeter length
285 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
New jewish cemetery of Lubawa is situated in the eastern part of the town. The area is demolished and currently overbuilt with an estate of single-family houses. No traces of the cemetery preserved, no tombstones preserved.
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
In the 18th century, Jews from Lubawa used the (old) cemetery near Fijewo. The new cemetery was established on a plot of 0.15 ha and 25 sq m at the then Gilgenburger Chaussee (today's Kupnera Street), purchased on April 27, 1860 for a total of 300 marks.
In 1869, the area of the cemetery was further expanded and with time it was surrounded by a new metal fence. There were tombstones with beautiful tombstones with Hebrew and German inscriptions. The cemetery ended with the entry of German troops into Polish Lubawa in September 1939. The last burial took place that year. On the order of the German authorities, the tombstones were removed and the surface of the cemetery was plowed, all traces of it were erased. After 1945, this area was gradually put under construction. Currently, no trace of its existence has survived, because residential houses were built in this place.
(“Żydowskie domy modlitwy oraz cmentarze na Warmii i Mazurach – stan obecny” book by Seweryn Szczepański, 2017; doi.org/10.26774/rzz.165)
