Tiszaadony Jewish Cemetery 1
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Vásárosnamény
Settlement
Tiszaadony
Site address
7, Dózsa György Street.
GPS coordinates
48.22697, 22.29167
Perimeter length
60 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
No fence
Preservation condition
Demolished and overbuilt Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Private buildings.
Number of existing gravestones
No tombstones preserved
Date of oldest tombstone
N/A
Date of newest tombstone
N/A
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Private
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
There were two Jewish cemeteries in Tiszaadony. This cemetery was established as early as 1863, since it appears on the cadastral map of that year. It was demolished and built over at an unknown time.
According to census data, 32 Jews lived in Tiszaadony in 1840 and 40 in 1880. In 1910 the Jewish population peaked at 87. In the following decades, the Jewish population decreased: 63 Jews lived in the village in 1920, 48 in 1930, and 47 in 1941. According to the Yad Vashem database, about 48 Jews from Tiszaadony were murdered in the Holocaust.
