Rybnik Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Silesian Voivodeship
District
Rybnik
Settlement
Rybnik
Site address
Opposite no. 18, 3 Maja Street.
The demolished cemetery is occupied by a park area between 3 Maja, Klasztorna and Wieniawskiego streets.
GPS coordinates
50.09098, 18.54508
Perimeter length
390 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fenced.
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The Jewish cemetery of Rybnik was demolished and transformed into a municipal park. The historical traces of the cemetery have not been preserved and there are no remaining tombstones at the site. A memorial sign in the park marks the site as the territory of a Jewish cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstone has survived. Several tombstones presumably from the Rybnik jewish cemetery are placed in a local museum.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
