Zolynia Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery Information
Country
Poland
Region
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
District
Łańcut
Settlement
Żołynia
Site address
From Mickiewicza Street (the main road) turn south onto Smolarska Street. The cemetery is located along the western side of the road and is adjacent to house 2.
GPS coordinates
50.15826, 22.3018
Perimeter length
342 metres
Is the cemetery demolished
yes
Type and height of existing fence
There is an iron fence, 1.5m high.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is located in a wooded area, surrounded by residential blocks and land in agricultural use. Trees and bushes grow inside the cemetery and the ground is covered with foliage. There are no Jewish mass graves. Sztetl.org.pl mentions, that "In June 1943, a group of Poles was shot and buried in the necropolis and after the end of the war their bodies were exhumed and transferred to the Catholic cemetery."
Number of existing gravestones
24 tombstones (intact and fragments) were returned to the cemetery and placed onto concrete pedestrals and put in rows.
Date of oldest tombstone
1908
Date of newest tombstone
1929
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Municipality
Preserved construction on site
No
Drone surveys
Yes
Historical overview
