Obj. ID: 51607
Jewish Funerary Art Site of the Old Jewish cemetery in Nysa, Poland
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the Old Jewish cemetery in Nysa was established probably before 1350, but the first mention of its existence is from May 10, 1423. In 1488, the Jewish community was released from its obligation to pay the cemetery tax, which may indicate that the cemetery was then closed. In 1856, in the foundations of the Św. Barbara Monastery in Nysa, a tombstone was found. It commemorates a man named Aron, who died on November 13, 1350. This may have been the only remnant of the old Jewish cemetery. Other tombstone have not survived.
The former cemetery area is now overbuilt with private properties in residential and commercial use (there is a shopping center).
The old Jewish cemetery of Nysa was likely situated in an area among Piaskowska, Józefa Bema and Drzymaly streets.
sub-set tree:
Poland | Opolskie Voivodeship | Nysa
| Among Piaskowska, Józefa Bema and Drzymaly streets