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Podravske Sesvete Jewish Section within the Municipal Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Croatia
Region
Koprivničko-križevačka županija
District
Podravske Sesvete
Settlement
Podravske Sesvete
Site address
Address of the municipal cemetery is Eugena Tomića Street 61. There are several Jewish tombstones lying at the side of the cemetery. The exact location of the Jewish section is not known.
GPS coordinates
N/A
Perimeter length
N/A
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence.
Preservation condition
Jewish section
General site condition
There are Jewish gravestones at the site but the location of a Jewish section is unclear.
Number of existing gravestones
4. There are four Jewish gravestones and another of which the surveyors were uncertain whether it was Jewish.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
1944
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No

Historical overview

Podravske Sesvete is a municipality in the Koprivnica–Križevci County. That village was first mentioned in 1334. In 1552 the local castle was ruined by Turks but the village wasn’t damaged. After the liberation of the region from the Ottoman rule the village was under the administration of the Austrian army. Only at the end of the 19th century the village received a civil administration. There were 1625 inhabitants there in 1857. In 1910 the population of Podravske Sesvete counted 3355 people, the most people being Croatians. The local Jews belonged to the Jewish Community in Virovitica. The Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century and exists till nowadays. The latest date on the tombstone is 1944 and the Jewish cemetery wasn’t in use after the end of the WWII. Today that cemetery is a part of the local municipal cemetery of the village.

Podravske Sesvete Jewish Section within the Municipal Cemetery
Podravske Sesvete Jewish Section within the Municipal Cemetery
Podravske Sesvete Jewish Section within the Municipal Cemetery
Podravske Sesvete Jewish Section within the Municipal Cemetery
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