VELKÉ MEZIŘÍČÍ JEWISH CEMETERY
The cemetery in Velké Meziříčí has the shape of a pentagon and in the middle of the 17th century Jews paid sixty gold pieces for the land it stands on.
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Bezděkov
Velké Meziříčí
District: Žďár nad Sázavou
59401
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Virtual tour
Virtual tourThe first Jewish cemetery was located in Velké Meziříčí earlier, but there are no records of it. In 1650 the Jews bought a place called Holubářovské (today's Bezděkov) on the opposite bank of the Oslava River, north-east of the Jewish quarter and established a cemetery there.
In the south-west corner there is a metal entrance gate and a stone portal with a bricked stone slab featuring a Hebrew inscription. Next to the gate in the right corner is a simple rectangular ceremonial hall with a gabled roof and a wooden ceiling similar to the New Synagogue.
The cemetery has a total of 1306 gravestones in 42 rows. The preserved tombstones are baroque-classicist in granite and marble. The oldest of them are from the middle of the 17th century. The cemetery ceased to serve its purpose after the demise of the local Jewish community in 1942.
Photo: archive of Vysočina Tourism
