Published: 2018-01-01

On the location of Jewish cemeteries in mediaeval Silesia

Dagmara Adamska

Abstract

It is assumed that within the historical area of Silesia there may have been a fi fth one, in Brzeg/Brieg. Each must have been used jointly by several communities but they were located too far from one another to suffi ce for all the Jewish communities in Silesia. In the present article the author hypothesizes that there existed another burial ground, used by mediaeval Jewish communities of northern Silesia (Głogów/Glogau, Ścinawa/Steinau, Góra/Guhrau and Lubin/Lüben). It may have functioned on a hill in the valley of the Rudna River, prior to the establishement of a village called Judenberg (mentioned in sources since 1459). The author also considers possible locations near Świdnica, near Strzelin and near Pilawa, which would have served several communities in the vicinity. Those possible burial grounds share signifi cant characteristics: Jewish-related micro-toponyms (Judenberg, Judenwiese), topography (hills close to rivers) and being located between several communities dating to the Middle Ages.

Keywords:

Jewish cemeteries, Middle Ages, Silesia, Jews, microtoponyms

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Adamska, D. (2018). On the location of Jewish cemeteries in mediaeval Silesia. Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 66(1), 3–19. Retrieved from https://journals.iaepan.pl/khkm/article/view/989

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