Jewish Cemetery of Vukovar

Cemetery in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia

45°20′15″N 19°00′14″E / 45.3374°N 19.0039°E / 45.3374; 19.0039TypeJewish (closed)No. of graves75 – 100 remaining monuments

The Jewish Cemetery of Vukovar (known also as the New Jewish Cemetery) is a cemetery with approximately 75 to 100 remaining monuments which was used between 1850 and 1948.^[1] The oldest tombstone dates back to 1858 with multiple languages used in inscriptions including Hebrew, Hungarian, German and Croatian.^[1] The Ceremonial Hall or Zidduk-hadin (built between 1926 and 1928) was designed by Fran Funtak in Art-Deco and Moorish revival style.^[2] The first Jewish Cemetery in Vukovar was established in 1830.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Vukovar New Jewish Cemetery". ESJF. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ Damjanović, Dragan (2004). "Židovske vjerske građevine vukovarskog inženjera Frana Funtaka". Prostor: Znanstveni časopis za arhitekturu i urbanizam. 12 (2): 129–138.
^ Jagodar, Josip (2017). "Vukovar kao primjer multietničkog i podijeljenog grada". Balcanica Posnaniensia Acta et studia. 24 (24): 101–126. doi:10.14746/bp.2017.24.7.