Obj. ID: 52266
Jewish Funerary Art  Site of the Jewish cemetery in Siemczyno, Poland

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the Jewish cemetery in Siemczyno was established to the north of the village, on the road to Warniłęg, probably in the 18th century. It occupied an area of approximately 0.5 ha, was surrounded by a stone wall and planted with trees. At the Siemczyń cemetery, Jews from the nearby Warniłęg and Czaplinek, where the Jewish cemetery was established only at the beginning of the 19th century, were buried next to the inhabitants of that village.

The cemetery was demolished and overbuilt with private houses. The cemetery area is not marked at its original location but is mentioned on the information boards nearby. One plaque is opposite the cemetery site, in an area of a similarly demolished Protestant cemetery. There is also a photo of a matzevah that was found during the renovation of the fence at the parish church. The second plaque, which mentions the Jewish cemetery, is located next to the nearby lapidarium created by the active municipal cemetery (photos 16 and 17). It is less than 100 meters from the Jewish cemetery to the north-west.

The site of the Jewish cemetery in Siemczyno is today occupied by private properties on the eastern side of the road to Rzepowo, about 120 meters from the intersection of this road with the national road no. 20 (DK 20). The numbers of the properties are are: 50, 51 and 52.