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Malbork Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Malbork
Settlement
Malbork
Site address
On 500-lecia Street, opposite the private parcels at 40, 500-lecia Street and 45, 500-lecia Street. Today, the site of the Jewish Cemetery is in an area belonging to the Commonwealth Cemetery and the Soviet Soldiers' Cemetery. It is also probable, according to some sources, that the Jewish Cemetery also occupied a part of an empty plot between the Soviet Soldiers' cemetery and the property located at 73, 500-lecia Street. (This, however, is not confirmed from pre-war maps). Cadastral parcels no. 220901_1.0015.187, 220901_1.0015.188
GPS coordinates
54.021200, 19.014041
Perimeter length
211 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
The site is fenced in brick belonging to the Commonwealth Cemetery and the Soviet Soldiers' Cemetery.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The site of the Jewish Cemetery is now part of an area belonging to the Commonwealth Cemetery and the Soviet Soldiers' Cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery.
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

Jews first settled in Malbork in 1813. Six Jewish families came to the city at that time. In 1814, a religious community was formed and Wolff Leyser Aschenheim was elected its superior (Vorsteher). This election was approved by the town hall in February 1815. With the establishment of the religious community, in accordance with the decision of the Police Supervisor of May 1814, the burial place for the Jews was also established. On January 18, 1819, the Malbork commune sold the square (plot no. 33c) located within the Moczary (Hoppenbruch) area, 40 rods from Wielbark (Willenberg) to the Jewish community – now known as 71, 500-Lecia Street – an empty square at the cemetery of Soviet soldiers, which was also occupied by part of the Jewish necropolis.
The cemetery was enlarged only in 1876 (approved in 1878), when plot no. 33d was purchased for 600 marks. There were both stone and wooden matzevot in the cemetery, depending on the social status of the deceased. In 1852, a private Funeral Society “Chevra Kadischa” was established in order to properly fulfill the religious obligations concerning the deceased. The Society operated on the basis of its statute of December 21, 1852 (10 Tevet 5613, according to the Jewish calendar).
(State Archives in Malbork, www.malbork.ap.gov.pl/art,29,malborska-gmina-synagogalna-1814-1938)

Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
Malbork Jewish Cemetery
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