Nowy Staw Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Malbork
Settlement
Nowy Staw
Site address
The cemetery is located at the corner of Wiejska and Mickiewicza streets, next to the school building at 51. Mickiewicza Street. Cadastral parcel no. 220907_4.0006.56/5
GPS coordinates
54.133842, 18.997948
Perimeter length
136 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
It is partly fenced with a metal mesh fence. Height is about 1.6 m.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
Demolished, but not overbuilt cemetery, currently an empty field with grass with some scrubs and trees around the borders. The area is partly fenced and very clean. The cemetery is not marked in any form.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones have been preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
-
Date of newest tombstone
-
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
By the first half of the 19th century, there was a Jewish community in Nowy Staw, with about 100–120 members. At that time, Jews constituted about 8% of all the town’s inhabitants. In the second half of the nineteenth century and in the first decades of the twentieth century, mainly as a result of migration, the community gradually decreased to such an extent that it was finally dissolved.
In 1890, there were still 76 Jews. In 1937, the community no longer existed.
The Jewish cemetery in Nowy Staw was located at ul. Wiejska. It was established in the 19th century. Currently, there is an arable field on this site.
(sztetl.org.pl)
