Obj. ID: 52291
Jewish Funerary Art  Site of the Jewish cemetery in Karlino, Poland

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the Jews who died in Karlino were buried in the cemetery in Świdwin (Schivelbein) until 1814. However, on May 26 of the same year, a royal decree was issued, which prohibited the transport of deceased Jews to another city. This prompted the Carlsbad commune to purchase land for its own cemetery, which was established on Karlstraße (today Parkowa Street), running towards the former Mountain of Charles (Karlsberg). Initially, the cemetery area was surrounded by a wooden fence made of alder poles and spruce wood slats. In 1939, the area of the cemetery was still surrounded by a high wall, and the entrance was blocked by a wooden (formerly iron) gate. At the beginning of the war, the farmers living in Karlino were ordered to take the tombstones from the cemetery and use them to pave the Schwemminer Weg road. Some of them refused to do so. In 1945, the wall still existed, and the cemetery area was completely covered with vegetation. In the 1970s, however, the wall was pulled down by locals and the cemetery area was levelled. In 1996, a monument commemorating the liberation of the Fatherland from the hands of the occupiers and those who died on behalf of the Fatherland was erected on the site of the former Jewish cemetery. Two years later, this area was incorporated into the city park located nearby, in the middle of which there is the above-mentioned monument. No material trace of the former Jewish cemetery has survived, and due to the type and style of its establishment, the building cannot be considered a historic building [as of May 23, 2008].

The cemetery is located on the escarpment at the junction of Parkowa and Spacerowa streets, opposite the school complex at 1, Parkowa Street. The best access is from Parkowa Street.