Zide ve Vetrnem Jenikove
Prvni pisemna zminka o Jenikove se nachazi na listine papeze Honoria III. z roku 1226, kdy ves patrila do majetku Zelivského klastera. Kolem prochazela vyznamna tzv. humpolecka cesta vedouci do Jihlavy, kde navazovala na cestu haberskou. Cily ruch potvrzuji zapisy v jihlavskych mestskych knihach. V roce 1372 dluzili Mikulas Prodl a Pertl, rychtar jenikovsky, 3 kopy a 2 grose zidu Barochovi z Jihlavy.
První zide se tady zrejme usadili kolem poloviny 15. stoleti, kdy byli vyhnani z Jihlavy. Vzhledem k nedostatku pisemnych pramenu, ktere byly na zdejsim panstvi zniceny, nemame o zdejsi zidovske komunite zprav az do roku 1788. Tehdy doslo k cislovani domu v Jenikove a vinopalna obdrzela cislo VI., coz v pripade oznaceni rimskou cislici ukazovalo na pritomnost zidovske rodiny.
Prvni jmena zidu muzeme cist az v roce 1866 na Vykaze rekvisice a kontribuce. Tehdy nepratelske pruske vojsko vymahalo na obyvatelstvu mestecka nejen ubytovani, ale i stravu. Zid Jan Levit z cisla 6 prisel o 15 a pul veder koralky, Herman Seinder z cisla 36 o 60 zlatych za odebrane zbozi a Julius Jelinek z cisla 65 o 42 zlatych za zbozi.
Od druhe poloviny 19. stoleti pobyvalo v tehdy uz Vetrnem Jenikove asi 6 az 8 zidovskych rodin. Posledni odesla pred rokem 1924. Rodina Levitovych zakoupila pro potreby zidovske obce v Jihlave dum v Benesove ulici cislo 30 (spolecensky sal, zimni modlitebna).
Zdejsi hrbitov byl zalozen v zaveru 17. stoleti a slouzil pro pohrbivani vericich z sirokeho okoli. Na plose 960 m2 se nachazi cca 250 nahrobku, ponejvice zulovych. Maji jednodussi tvary a jen nektere jsou opatreny prostou vyzdobou (sesticipa hvezda, ruce kohenu, levitske nadobky, stromy, kvetiny). V polovine zapadni strany muzeme videt zbytky zdiva pruchozi marnice.
Podle mistni kroniky hrobnikem byval vzdy mlynar z Dolniho mlynu, ktery se nachazi v sousedstvi.
Hrbitov je nemovitou kulturni pamatkou cislo 5388.
The Jews at Vetrny Jenikov
The Jews occured here indirectly already in the 14th century. They dealt with the village J.P. Another records date to the 16th century and above all to the 18th century. The Jews owned several houses here and rented the manorial distillery and the potashery. A peasant family Levits bought a house at Jihlava lately and iniated a foundation. The house was bequestad to the Jewish congregation.
The congregation established here several association rooms, a rabbi-appartment and a winter synagogue. We can find this house on the Benesova street No.30 at Jihlava until the recent days. The Jeewish cemetry at Vetrny Jenikov is also very interesting. It was founded in the 20th century. The cemetery has been used above all by the Jeews from the near village. Last Jews moved from Vetrny Jenikov in 1938.
It is located to the southeast of the town, near to "Dolna mlyn". It mekaes an nureal impression, some of the tombstones grown into the trees. The oldest legible tombstone dates to the 18th century. The last burials took place in 1890s. The cemetery to all of the Jews far and wide.