Smolnik Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Slovakia
Region
Kosice
District
Gelnica
Settlement
Smolnik
Site address
Leave Smolnik and follow road 549 northeast towards Smolnicka for 1.5 kilometres. The cemetery can be found in the forest, 50 metres to the right of the main road.
GPS coordinates
48.736931, 20.758120
Perimeter length
113 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
The cemetery is surrounded by a 0.5 metre tall masonry wall. At some parts the wall requires restoration.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is located in a forest. There is a Christian chapel on the site.
Number of existing gravestones
20
Date of oldest tombstone
1879 (the oldest tombstone found by ESJF)
Date of newest tombstone
1910
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
There is a Christian chapel on the site.
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. Given the oldest preserved tombstone dates to the late 19th century, it can be inferred it was founded no later than the late 19th century. The cemetery is marked on an Austro-Hungarian map of the region from the 1880s.
