Skepe Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
District
Lipno
Settlement
Skępe
Site address
Aleja Spacerowa str, 350 meters East from the intersection with Okopowa str, Skępe.
GPS coordinates
52.86228, 19.34824
Perimeter length
243 meters
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 lies between a main road and lakeside road. The only trace on the Cemetery site is the base of the former ohel that lies in the woods. No matezvot have survived and the Cemetery was destroyed by the Germans in 1939. The territory is quite densely overgrown by forest.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved.
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Forestry
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
The oldest records of the Jewish settlement date back to the end of the 18th century. Before that, the town owners, who presumably did not want to come into conflict with the monks, did not tolerate members of other religions. It was under Prussian rule that the Jewish Diaspora started to grow. The first information about the Jewish kehilla dates back to 1852. There was a synagogue, a mikveh and a cemetery in town. The Jewish community embraced the Skępe settlement and municipality with Lubowiec, Łąkie, Sarnowo, Szczekarzewo and Wymyślin. In the first half of the 19th century local Jews were most probably subordinated to the Lipno kehilla. In the period 1921-1933, the Jewish community in Skępe consisted of ca. 320 - 330 (members) and in the years 1938-1939 of 300 members. Among them, many earned their living trading and performing a craft activity.
