Tunyogmatolcs Jewish Cemetery In Matolcs
Cemetery Information
Country
Hungary
Region
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District
Fehérgyarmati
Settlement
Tunyogmatolcs
Site address
24, Petőfi Sándor Street.
GPS coordinates
47.97291, 22.46336
Perimeter length
76 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
There is a wire fence, around 2m high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
Th side is partially overgrown.
Number of existing gravestones
19
Date of oldest tombstone
1849
Date of newest tombstone
1938
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Property of local community
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
There were two Jewish cemeteries in Tunyogmatolcs – a village formed in 1961 by the merger of the former villages of Tunyog and Matolcs. This cemetery belonged to the Jewish community of Matolcs. It was established as early as 1849, since the oldest tombstone found in the cemetery dates to that year. The latest tombstone was erected in 1938. The cemetery has been fenced.
According to census data, 22 Jews lived in Matolcs in 1840. The Jewish population in the village over the subsequent decades was as follows: 26 in 1880, 21 in 1910, 21 in 1920, 14 in 1930, and 40 in 1941. According to the Yad Vashem database, about 62 Jews from Matolcs were murdered in the Holocaust.
