Topolcany New Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Slovakia
Region
Nitra
District
Topoľčany
Settlement
Topoľčany
Site address
Židovský cintorín, Krušovská 2137/83, 955 01 Topoľčany.
GPS coordinates
48.565, 18.18233
Perimeter length
370 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a concrete and brick wall, 2m high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
It is a large and well-maintained cemetery. There is a mass grave of Holocaust victims and a marked lapidarium with tombstones from the demolished Old Jewish cemetery.
Number of existing gravestones
500
Date of oldest tombstone
1881
Date of newest tombstone
1942
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
Yes, the beit-tahara has a Jewish history exhibition inside.
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
