Obj. ID: 52122
Jewish Funerary Art Site of the New Jewish cemetery in Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland
The new necropolis was most likely opened in the mid-nineteenth century, about 1.2 km south of the city center, on the road leading to the Góry Strzeleckie (Schiess Berge) - then Gebirgestraße (today's Grunwaldzka Street), on the northern slope of one of the hills, on which later a water tower was built. Within the cemetery, established on an elongated square plan, there was a mortuary (beit-tahara) erected in 1912, as well as a shed with a hearse (1885) kept in it, which was looked after by the Chevra Kadisha funeral society. The cemetery was fenced with a wall. Today, no traces of the tombstones have survived. The location of the necropolises is indicated by the relics of the old forest stand [Szczepański, Seweryn, "Żydowskie domy modlitwy oraz cmentarze na Warmii i Mazurach – stan obecny," 2017].
According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the cemetery was demolished, no tombstones preserved.
Perimeter lenght: 130 metres
130 meters – perimeter, delineated by the field team (first pic), lidar map (second pic) and old map show practically the same perimeter (133 meters), but the site is marked closer to the buildings on Grunwaldzka Street, 13A/13B. Delineation of the exact perimeter requires additional research.
The cemetery is situated on the northern slope of one hill located on the extension of Grunwaldzka Street. A forest path leading to the top of the hill and the former cemetery starts behind the building on Grunwaldzka Street no. 13A/13B.
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Poland | Warmińsko-mazurskie Voivodeship | Lidzbark Warmiński
| Adjacent to Grunwaldzka Street, 13A/13B