Obj. ID: 52280
Jewish Funerary Art  Jewish cemetery in Moryń, Poland

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the Jewish cemetery in Moryń is located at 1, Lipowa Street. It was established around 1856, outside the city walls. Its area is 0.5 ha, and its borders are marked by the original stone wall. In the second half of the 19th century, a funeral home was erected next to it, which has survived to this day (now a residential building). It was devastated during Kristallnacht in 1938. Eight tombstones have survived to this day. In 2006, it was tidied up thanks to the efforts of the Association of Friends of Moryń and Lake Morzycko. On May 31, 2006, a commemorative plaque was officially unveiled with an inscription in three languages: Hebrew, Polish and German, with the words “Jewish cemetery from the beginning of the 19th century. Jews from Moryń are buried here. May the Lord bind their souls in the knot of eternal life.” The cemetery was entered in the register of monuments in 2014.

ESJF team has found 12 tombstones or their remains (some are barely visible in the ground). The necropolis is commemorated by a boulder with an inscription. Some old trees have been preserved in and around the cemetery. The section of the cemetery with tombstones is fenced with metal mesh, and part of the fencing is made up of the walls of the neighboring buildings and the medieval city wall. The heights of the fencing vary from 1.6 m up to about two meters. The section of the cemetery with one heavily damaged tombstone and a commemorative boulder is not fenced. There are only remains of an old and damaged, low stone wall.

The Jewish cemetery in Moryń is located parallel to Żeglarska Street, next to the medieval city wall, between the buildings at 1, Lipowa Street and the tennis court. Access is from Żeglarska Street along the only buildings in this area and towards the historic city walls.