Swidnica Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Lower Silesia Region
District
Świdnica
Settlement
Świdnica
Site address
Opposite to 17, Esperantystów Street, North-East from the intersection with Bogudza Stęczyńskiego Street.
GPS coordinates
50.85436, 16.4978385
Perimeter length
281 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There’s a concrete wall about 1.8 meters high with a lot of missing sections and partially destroyed, no gate (empty space left for it). The wall needs repair and the gate.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is overgrown by forest but still is quite accessible and marked as a Jewish cemetery. The cemetery benefits from a fence, however there are significant gaps which require attention. The matzevot are scattered across the site. There is a small memorial to the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in the center of the cemtery. The cemetery would benefit from a gate and some remedial work.
Number of existing gravestones
7 standing, 6 lying, and more 10 fragments.
Date of oldest tombstone
1947
Date of newest tombstone
1973
Urgency of erecting a fence
Low
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
No
