Tibava Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Slovakia
Region
Kosice
District
Tibava
Settlement
Tibava
Site address
Starting at the southern exit of Tibava, follow highway 19 towards Orechova for 1 kilometre. The cemetery can be found to the left of the road, next to the Catholic cemetery.
GPS coordinates
48.729723, 22.212188
Perimeter length
267 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Unfenced Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is severely overgrown.
Number of existing gravestones
15. Clearance may reveal further matzevot on the site.
Date of oldest tombstone
1874 (the oldest found by ESJF)
Date of newest tombstone
1924
Urgency of erecting a fence
High
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. Given the oldest preserved tombstone dates to 1874, it can be inferred it was founded no later than the second half of 19th century. Moreover, it appears on an Austro-Hungarian map of the region from the 1880s. According to the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR), the site contained 47 tombstones in 2010.
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