Nowe Miasto Lubawskie New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
District
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Settlement
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Site address
Adjacent to Grunwaldzka street,32. Nowe Miasto Lubawskie. Cemetery is a park between Grunwaldzka and Chrobrego Streets, behind the house on Grunwaldzka, 32.
GPS coordinates
53.431586, 19.590887
Perimeter length
247 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
New jewish cemetery of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is demolished and currently used as a park (green area with lanes and benches). In northern part of the area there are several small service buildings and dumpsters. All ground traces of the former cemetery have completely disappeared.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The new Jewish cemetery in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie was established in 1885 in the area known as Folwark. The necropolis covers a plot of land on a rectangular plan with an area of 0.44 ha, at today's Grunwaldzka Street (next to property no. 32). Soon a funeral home was erected along with the caretaker's apartment.
In 1939, the value of this building was estimated at PLN 10,000, and the area of the necropolis itself - at PLN 5,000. Just before the war, tombstones were also moved here, and most likely the remains of the dead from the old cemetery, which was sold to the city.
The cemetery was devastated by the Germans during World War II. Apparently, in 1948 there were tombstones on its site, which were later used as paving slabs at the buildings of the detention center and the court. Even in 1990, about 10 preserved tombstones were mentioned in the cemetery. One of them had the date: 1840.
In 1995, during the renovation of the pavement next to the court building, numerous matzevot were discovered. They were secured, and the city authorities, together with the Nissenbaum Family Foundation, intended to move them to the cemetery. However, these plans were not implemented. To this day, in the necropolis converted into a park, no traces of the tombstones have survived.
(sztetl.org.pl)
