Szczecin Central Municipal Cemetery – Jewish section
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
District
Szczecin
Settlement
Szczecin
Site address
The Central Municipal Cemetery in Szczecin, Ku Słońcu Street, gate 5, section 62. The entrance gate no. 5 is opposite the military unit building at 33, Ku Słońcu Street. Section 62 is the second on the right after the gate, near a large car park.
GPS coordinates
53.420561, 14.506916
Perimeter length
136 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
Part of the cemetery near the gate no. 5 is fenced with a metal rail fence, the height of which is about 2 meters. In general, the Central Cemetery in Szczecin is the third largest cemetery in Europe (its area is over 172 hectares) and it is fenced with different types of fencing.
Preservation condition
Jewish section
General site condition
Jewish section within municipal cemetery. Well-maintained section within the municipal cemetery. All the graves are in good condition. The cemetery is located in a park among many old trees.
Number of existing gravestones
In the Jewish section there are about 200 tombstones. Near the main cemetery gate (the gate no. 1) there is a lapidarium, where Jewish and Christian tombstones are mixed together. There are about 30 matzevot, probably from the demolished cemetery at Ojca Beyzyma Street. The Jewish section was established in 1962, but some graves were moved from the old Jewish cemetery.
Date of oldest tombstone
1945
Date of newest tombstone
2011
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No fenced. There are no structures in Jewish section of the cemetery.
Drone surveys
No
Historical overview
Past and modern history is well documented and extensively described:
• POLIN:
https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/s/762-szczecin/114-cmentarze/34684-kwatera-zydowska-na-cmentarzu-centralnym-w-szczecinie-ul-ku-sloncu
• K. Bielawski, Cmentarze Żydowskie w Polsce:
http://cmentarze-zydowskie.pl/szczecin.htm
• List of people buried in the Jewish quarters in the Central Cemetery: http://cmentarze-zydowskie.pl/szczecin_jewish_cemetery.pdf
