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Cemetery Identification
Cemetery ID: SLOV-11080
Cemetery Name: Jewish Cemetery Hliník nad Váhom (Formerly Vágagyagos)
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Cemetery Location
Country: Slovakia
City: Bytča (part Hliník nad Váhom)  
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Cemetery Details
Number of Burials: 52
Number of Photographs: 52
Cemetery Description:

Jewish Cemetery Hliník nad Váhom (Formerly Vágagyagos), Bytca (part Hliník nad Váhom), SLOVAKIA. 52 burials total.

The preserved cemetery is only a part of the former larger cemetery, part of which was destroyed during the construction of the canal on the river Váh. The cemetery was repeatedly damaged by vandals and during the reconstruction in 2023 it was not possible to locate the location of all the tombstones found. A total of 65 tombstones or their parts, or marked grave sites, were found. 42 fragments was stored in the lapidary. Of this number, 53 burials have been identified, sometimes incompletely. Author of the map is P. Werner.

Location of cemetery.

Cemetery map.

Overview of cemetery.

Lapidarium.

Data last updated: 12/30/2023

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