Ostrow Lubelski Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Lublin Voivodeship
District
Lubartów
Settlement
Ostrów Lubelski
Site address
The cemetery is located at the intersection of Batalionów Chłopskich and Słoneczna streets.
GPS coordinates
51.50261, 22.85368
Perimeter length
579 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
Only a small fragment of the lapidarium is fenced with a metal fence around one meter high.
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
Currently, the area of the cemetery is covered with a forest through which Leśna Street runs. In the cemetery, there is a lapidarium with fragments of matzevot. It is unknown whether the matzevot came from this cemetery. No tombstones have been preserved in situ. At the border of the cemetery there are three signs informing that there is a Jewish cemetery in this place.
Number of existing gravestones
21 fragments of matzevot are in the fenced lapidarium, one fragment is located outside the cemetery.
Date of oldest tombstone
1886
Date of newest tombstone
1929
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
State
Preserved construction on site
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview