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The Jewish cemetery was presumably established around 1700. The oldest still extant tombstone is from 1722. It appears that there have been about 175 burials. In 1815 it was enlarged and in 1847 a mortuary was built.Unfortunately, no written records of the burials exist before about 1814, therefore only 105 burial plots can be identified and of these 46 has no tombstones. In the oldest part of the cemetery called "Carré A" there are 5 rows with apparently 16 burial plots in each. However, in this "Carré" only 6 tombstones are preserved. In the newer part of the cemetery, "Carré B" there are 8 rows of 10 or 11 burial plots. To the left of the entrance to the cemetery there is a single row, "Carré C" with 5 tombstones. Today the cemetery is kept by Nakskov municipality
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