Nowy Korczyn New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
District
Busko Zdrój
Settlement
Grotniki Duże
Site address
The cemetery does not have an address. It is located in a rural area on the border of Nowy Korczyn and Grotniki Duże. Moving south on the road Nowy Korczyn – Grotniki Duże (national road 79), the cemetery will be on the eastern side of the road in a field. Enter the field 50 metres past the last building (a car repair shop) and then proceed for 200 metres through the fields in an easterly direction.
GPS coordinates
50.306472, 20.816277
Perimeter length
301 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a metal fence, 2 metres high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
It is a destroyed cemetery with preserved fragments of tombstones, which is now fenced and protected.
Number of existing gravestones
15 fragments. The fragments of tombstones (pieces and foundations) are located at the entrance and in the southern part of the cemetery, next to the fence.
Date of oldest tombstone
1847
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
There are 3 modern tziyun dedicated to local Tzaddikim Josef Baruch Epstein, Kalonimus Kalman Epstein and Chaim Meir. Three tombstones were erected on the initiative of the Israel Meir Gabbai of Ohalei Tzaddikim Foundation.
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
