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Hubina cemetery
The cemetery is located on the northern slope near the Christian cemetery. It shows no signs of being fenced or having a ceremonial room. There are 22 extant gravestones in the cemetery. The symbolism on the gravestones is modest. One gravestone belongs to a Levite, and one features the symbol of two lions. A unique feature is the double grave of Jakob and Eva Ponger, which appears twice—once in an older and once in a newer version. The surname Ponger appears most frequently. Other surnames include Stangel, Rosenfeld, Drechsler, Weis, and Nagel. The oldest stone belongs to Mordechai ben Wolf from the year 1833; the newest is 100 years younger and belongs to Jitl Stangel, who died in 1930. The Stangel family is the only one that survived the Holocaust. [Ľudmila Pártošová, Peter Werner]Tags Trnava Region -
Kuklov cemetery
The cemetery is located south of the village, in a pine forest setting. It is surrounded by the original masonry wall, which is collapsed on the southwestern side at the site of the original entrance, and partially also on the northeastern side. There are no traces of a ceremonial hall in the cemetery. Approximately 70 gravestones, their fragments, or other remains can be found here. Five rows of gravestones can be distinguished. The oldest gravestone with a legible inscription date to 1830, and the most recent one is from 1926. The cemetery features motifs such as the hands of the Kohen, the Levite jug, and others. Many gravestones made from more valuable materials were stolen; others made of sandstone are deteriorating. Common surnames include Biss, Samek, Stöhr, Neuer, and Weiss. Some gravestones bear the names of stonemasons—for example, Weissmann from Skalica, or the firms Pavlik and Brablik from Borský Svätý Jur. A gravestone from 1847 belongs to Zvi ben Yehuda, who was a chazan/cantor in the local synagogue. [Ľudmila Pártošová, Peter Werner]Tags Trnava Region -
Unín cemetery
The Unín cemetery is located southeast of the village and is accessible via a dirt road. On a hillock surrounded by fields, there are 36 gravestones, mostly with inscriptions in Hebrew and German. A small number of the limestone headstones are still standing, but the majority have toppled. The oldest gravestone belongs to Gerson Spitzer, who died in 1881. Burials continued at the cemetery even after World War II. Jozefína Richter (d. 1952) and Leo Richter (d. 1955), the grandmother and father of the contemporary poet Milan Richter, are buried here. In addition to the name Richter, other surnames found here include Schidlof, Chlamtatsch, Landesmann, and others. The cemetery was once enclosed by a wire fence. [Ľudmila Pártošová, Peter Werner]Tags Trnava Region -
Prietrž cemetery
The cemetery is located in the northeastern part of the village. It is part of the educational trail Hussite Walls and is marked with an information board. A paved path leads from the information board to the walls. Only two gravestones from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries remain at the cemetery site. According to registry records, the Grünfeld and Sonnenfeld families lived in Prietrž as early as the beginning of the 19th century. Until the end of the 19th century—and possibly even later—Jews from Prietrž were buried mainly in Sobotište, but also in Senica. [Ľudmila Pártošová, Peter Werner]Tags Trnava Region -
Dojč cemetery
A path through a pine grove leads to the cemetery in Dojč. The path is located to the left of the road from Šaštín to Senica, just before the village of Dojč. A distinctive landmark is a beehive in a caravan. On an overgrown gentle hill lies a single gravestone and one pedestal. The gravestone belongs to Adolf Singer, who died in 1913. The inscription is in Hebrew combined with German. [Ľudmila Pártošová, Peter Werner]Tags Trnava Region -
Borský Mikuláš cemetery
The cemetery can be seen on the left side of Road 1143 from Borský Mikuláš to Šaštín. The surrounding area is covered with a pine forest. The cemetery is not enclosed. It was revitalized in 2009 through cooperation between the municipality and the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Slovak Republic. There are 115 tombstones in the cemetery, 20 of which have survived only in fragments or are in a significant state of degradation. The oldest tombstones are dated 1831. The most recent one belongs to Berthold Kohn, who died on March 26, 1937. A very common surname is Weinwurm, the family from which the well-known architect Friedrich Weinwurm came. Other frequently occurring names include Grünhut, Winter, as well as Wollner, Lustig, Steiner, Katz, and others. The oldest tombstones are made of sandstone, while the more recent ones are made of granite and marble. [Ľudmila Pártošová, Peter Werner]Tags Trnava Region -
Závod cemetery
The cemetery is located in the northern part of village in a residential area. It is a small walled lot containing about fourteen graves, seven with standing tombstones. The local Jewish community was small: there were 17 Jewish residents here in 1927. The oldest tombstones are typical sandstone matzevot with semi-circular endings, while three later tombstones are period-typical black granite obelisks. The latest grave is from 1915 (Amalie Kohn). Several tombstones belong to the Weisz family. These include the neighboring graves of Adolf (Aaron Yehuda) and Regina (Rivkah), Marie (Mirel) and Nathan. Nathan’s sons Robert and Sándor Weisz, who died as little children, are buried in a twin grave and share a matzevah. The tombstone texts are bilingual, in Hebrew and German. The cemetery is in fair condition, and is maintained by the neighbors.Tags Bratislava Region -
Studienka cemetery
The rather forlorn cemetery is located in a pine forest, about 300-400 meters east of the edge of the village. The flat plot belongs to the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Slovak Republic. Only four fallen tombstones, belonging to Moshe Beckmann, Jakob Grünhut, Emanuel (Mendel) Pissk and Regina Kohn remain. They have Hebrew-German texts.Tags Bratislava Region -
Modra cemetery
The Jewish cemetery in Modra was located on today’s Šúrska Street, which is the southern thoroughfare of the town. It was razed in 1960 and its land now belongs to the local municipality. However, it did not disappear into complete oblivion. In 1999, a group of local activists cleaned and marked the site of the cemetery. A granite plaque was mounted on the remaining cemetery wall. A matzevah (tombstone) was carefully reassembled from three fragments and is attached to the wall. It belongs to Samuel Blau, who passed way in 1850 at the age of 71. Another matzevah is a broken fragment with only the stone maker’s sign in Hebrew letters: Leicht Pressburg.Tags Bratislava Region -
Častá cemetery
The new Jewish cemetery is located about 500-600 meters south-east of the edge of the village, next to a farm. A rectangular flat compound with north-east to south-west orientation, it is today hidden by mature trees that have turned the area into a pleasant location. Sections of the original stone walls remain and traces of the cemetery chapel can be found on the north-eastern side. This was the original entrance to the compound: a long, narrow strip of land, which once provided road access, remains to this day in Jewish ownership.
Access to the cemetery is now from the south-east, where the local civic association that maintains the site has placed an entrance structure, bench and information panel. There are about 100 marked graves in the compound. Ninety are organized in seven rows in one part, and about ten more are dispersed in the north-eastern section.
The cemetery was established in the second half of the 19th century to replace the old cemetery near the castle. Older headstones are traditional vertical stellae (matzevot), some of them with semi-circular endings. Some older gravestones are textually rich, with poetic Hebrew texts commemorating the deceased, as was common in the past.
Later tombstones are of the obelisk type, with Hebrew text on one side and vernacular (mostly German, but with one in Slovak) on the reverse. Many headstones are only fragments, but the local civic association is gradually restoring the site and re-assembling the tombstones. The cemetery is the property of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Slovak Republic.
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