Przerosl Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Podlaskie Voivodeship
District
Suwałki
Settlement
Przerośl
Site address
The cemetery doesn’t have an address. The Jewish cemetery is located along Zusenowska Street. The cemetery area starts around 300 metres south-east of the residential building at 8, Zusenowska Street.
GPS coordinates
54.245831, 22.659120
Perimeter length
338 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The Jewish cemetery is located in a deforested area on the south-eastern outskirts of Przerośl. Its area is rather clean, well-maintained, all of the bushes and some trees have been trimmed. The cemetery area is shown by the the visible inner moat and the remains of an old masonry wall. There is an information board describing the history of the site. Some tombstones have been preserved.
Number of existing gravestones
There are 40 tombstones, some are intact as well as fragments and pedestals. 27 stones have Hebrew inscriptions and/or reliefs.
Date of oldest tombstone
1844, 1856
Date of newest tombstone
1921
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
