Rybnitsa Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Moldova
Region
Transnistria Region
District
Settlement
Rybnitsa Râbnița
Site address
The cemetery can be found behind 12 Dzerjinskogostr Street.
GPS coordinates
47.7561487, 28.996635
Perimeter length
400 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
The cemetery is surrounded by a 1.5 metre tall stone wall.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is maintained.
Number of existing gravestones
1,000
Date of oldest tombstone
1900s
Date of newest tombstone
1970s
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Beit-tahara.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The Old Rybnitsa Jewish Cemetery was most likely established at the end of the 19th century. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in the 1900s. The cemetery remained in use after WWII, with the most recent preserved gravestone dating to the 1970s. In 2016, it was surveyed by Yefim Kogan of JewishGen.
