JEWISH HERITAGE IN POSÁZAVÍ

Explore Jewish heritage in Posázaví and the stories of communities that formed part of life in local towns and villages. The category includes synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and other memorial sites. Visit them with respect for their historical and commemorative significance.

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Synagogue in Divišov

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Divišov

The synagogue in Šternberská St is first mentioned as a new building in 1854 –1855. It is an untraditional, late-Classicist or Imperial building having a similar features as the synagogues in Benešov (1845), Nové Strašecí (1856) or Vodňany (1852). There were semi-circular windows in the ground-floor and circular ones above them, 3 in the west front, 4 in the side walls and 3 in the apses (walled-up today), thus it was a very backlit building.

Jewish cemetery

Jewish sights

Divišov - Šternov

The cemetery is situated about 2 km north-east from the town of Divišov, by the crossroad to Mněnchov and Šternov, today in a field over a highway, at the cadastral area of Měchnov. In 1776, upon a permission of the church and secular authorities the Divišov Jewish community asked for lease of a plot of land belonging to Michal Čejka of Olbraomovice to whom they paid 200 golden coins for the plot of land and the cemetery wall whereas the lease was set for 12 golden coins per year.