Broken Column Headstones - Old Jewish Cemetery - Usov, Czech Republic
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N 49° 48.100 E 017° 00.613
33U E 644653 N 5518517
Two Broken Columns Headstone - Usov
Waymark Code: WMQ4HV
Location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/18/2015
Views: 20
The oldest preserved tombstones date from the 2nd half of the 17th century. There are about a thousand tombstones, including valuable examples of baroque and classicist types. The old Jewish cemetery was established after 1450 in the area north of the Usov castle. This cemetery was destroyed during the Thirty Years War. Around 1645 a new cemetery was founded near the ghetto. Graves of important figures and learned rabbis still attract well-informed visitors from our country and from abroad.
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