Perehinske Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Ukraine
Region
Ivano-Frankivsk
District
Rozhniativ
Settlement
Perehins'ke
Site address
The cemetery is located adjacent to 6, Lysenko Street.
GPS coordinates
48.82353, 24.2029
Perimeter length
108 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
Three sides of the cemetery are surrounded by an old metal mesh fence of one-metre height, and the western side is surrounded by remnants of a wooden fence.
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is severely overgrown. It requires clearing and re-fencing
Number of existing gravestones
29. Many old gravestones are lying face down, so it should be lifted and cleared for exact dating.
Date of oldest tombstone
1864 (only one dated found by ESJF expedition)
Date of newest tombstone
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Presumably, there are remnants of a stone table from a beit-tahara.
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. First, it appears on Polish maps of 1939. The oldest preserved gravestone relates to the mid-19th century, so it can be assumed that the cemetery already existed during that period.
