Jewish Cemetery in Człopa

The Jewish cemetery in Człopa lies on Poznańska Street. It was established at the beginning of the 17th century and covers about 0.7 ha. About ten sandstone gravestones have survived to this day, the oldest of them dating from 1861.

What remains in the cemetery

The inscriptions on the surviving gravestones are in German and Hebrew. The cemetery is entered in the heritage register, and the zabytek.pl website dates it to the 17th century. The first entry in the register dates from 1992, and the second, supplementary one from 2010. The surviving gravestones are made of sandstone. The heritage register and the Wikipedia entry agree in giving the 17th century as the time the cemetery was founded.

Practical information

• Address: Poznańska Street, Człopa.
• Two churches stand nearby: St Adalbert's Church and St Anthony of Padua's Church, both less than a kilometre away.
• This is a burial place: keep quiet and do not walk on the gravestones.
• Rules of entry can be sought at the town hall in Człopa.