Matovce Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Slovakia
Region
Kosice
District
Maťovské
Settlement
Maťovské Vojkovce
Site address
Driving North on Pušyno Street in Alsėdžiai, there is a house the address of which is 19, Pušyno Street. The cemetery is located in the back of the house, surrounded by trees. It's about a 150 meter walk East from 19, Pušyno Street.
GPS coordinates
48.567301, 22.133198
Perimeter length
147 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is located in the woods. It is abandoned and severely overgrown.
Number of existing gravestones
6
Date of oldest tombstone
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The Jewish cemetery is marked on an Austro-Hungarian map of the region from the 1880s. As such, was most likely already in use by the late 19th century.
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