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Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Police
Settlement
Nowe Warpno
Site address
The cemetery is located on a hill between Wojska Polskiego Street and a dirt road to Podgrodzie. To the south of the cemetery there are buildings at 26 Wojska Polskiego Street (about 100 meters). North of the Jewish cemetery, on the other side of the dirt road, there is a municipal cemetery.Access is up an avenue going southwest of the main (dirt) road.
GPS coordinates
53.720989, 14.311353
Perimeter length
169 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
It is fenced with metal mesh on concrete posts. Height about 1.6 m.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
This is a fenced and well-maintained Jewish cemetery with many Christian graves and a few Jewish tombstones. The place had been thoroughly cleaned during the ESJF survey in October 2021. Near the gate the cemetery is marked with an information board with photos and very poor historical content (the author focused mainly on Jewish customs regarding burials). Recently, the entire forest was cut down around the cemetery hill, as well as many old trees along the path leading to the cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
Four matzevot and one matzevah base were located at the site.
Date of oldest tombstone
1842
Date of newest tombstone
1887
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Forestry
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The Jewish cemetery in Nowe Warpno is located on the so-called Podgrodzie, on a hill at the junction of Wojska Polskiego Street (road No. 114) and Podgrodzie. Its formal address is Wojska Polskiego 26.

The cemetery was probably established in the mid-nineteenth century. Originally, it was small, and adjacent to Protestant cemeteries. It served a small community of a dozen or so people, without the status of a separate commune; Jews from Nowe Warpno belonged to the community in Ueckermünde. The creation of this cemetery can probably be explained by the distance from this centre (22 km). Based on the data on the size of the commune in Ueckermünde, the cemetery may have ceased to function in the interwar period.

In the early post-war period, it was within the boundaries of the Christian cemetery, used by military and later civilian settlers in the years 1947–1959. Currently, in its area, to the right of the gate, near the entrance, there are crosses from neighbouring burials, which may confuse an outside observer. At least two matzevot, quite deep in the ground, have survived. There is an information board in front of the entrance.
(sztelt.org.pl)

Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
Nowe Warpno Jewish Cemetery
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