Przemysl Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
District
Przemyśl
Settlement
Przemyśl
Site address
11, Biskupa Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara Street. The cemetery is located between Rakoczego and Pelczara streets.
GPS coordinates
49.77849, 22.77572
Perimeter length
681 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished Jewish cemetery that has not been built over
General site condition
The cemetery is completely overgrown with grass and bushes.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved. There are no signs of tombstones or fragments. There are pictures of matzevot from the cemetery at the collection of the National Museum of Przemyśl Land.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The cemetery was established around 1638. Five years later, the cemetery area was enlarged. It is known that the land was also purchased in 1765. It is likely that in the 18th century the necropolis was fenced, before that numerous records appear in archival sources that the cemetery was destroyed by soldiers and peasants grazing horses and cattle. Under the German occupation during the Second World War, the necropolis was devastated. The stone tombstones were used by the Germans to harden roads and streets, including in the barracks at ul. Mickiewicz. After 1945, the unattended cemetery gradually fell into oblivion and overgrowth. Today, only the dilapidated brick gate remains of its old infrastructure.
