Ropczyce Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
District
Ropczyce-Sędziszów
Settlement
Ropczyce
Site address
14-19, Polna Street.
GPS coordinates
50.04976, 21.61043
Perimeter length
331 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
There is an iron fence, 2m high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is located in an urban area and surrounded by private residential houses. The southern border of the cemetery is the national road 94 (Doroga Krajowa 94). In 1988 a Holocaust memorial was built on the cemetery site.
Number of existing gravestones
Fragments of tombstones were returned to the cemetery and placed in the ohel.
Date of oldest tombstone
1855 (fragment in Ohel).
Date of newest tombstone
1920 (fragment in Ohel).
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
There is an Ohel with a modern matzeva dedicated to Asher Jeszaja Rubin, with two memorial plates inside. The Ohel was rebuilt in the 1990s by Rabbi Mendel Reichberg from New York.
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview