Cemetery #200424
Košice Public Cemetery
Local name: Verejný cintorín Košice-juh
Also known as Košice - Verejný cintorín · Verejný cintorín · Ústredný verejný cintorín · Verejný cintorín v Košiciach
27
documented records
≈ 6k–12k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.299 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Košice Public Cemetery, also known as the Southern Cemetery, is described as the largest burial ground in Slovakia, covering 32 hectares. Its origins go back to the 1880s, when the city's existing cemeteries were filling up and the city had to plan a new site.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 48.697386° N, 21.257899° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
27 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Maria Berthová 1910 – 1966 
Eugen Bittelmeyer 1892 – 1892 - Martin Bittelmeyer 1869 – 1925
Lajos Deák 1894 – 1965 - László Deák 1902 – 1970
Dezider Frankovic 1934 – 1971 - Ella Frankovičová 1928 – 1999
Évike Jonec 1928 – 1965 - Ilonka Jonec 1924 – 1944
Olga Kosiba 1922 – 2004 
Michal Kundrát 1925 – 2012 - Helena Kundrátová 1924 – 2001
- Jan Lamac 1906 – 1989
- Maria Lamacová ? – 1932
Jozef Murgaš 1871 – 1948 - Vladimir Murgaš 1920 – 1995
Terézia Rášková 1889 – 1952 - Alexander Rášky 1916 – 1973
- Julius Rášky 1910 – 1927
- Stefan Rášky 1883 – 1945
- Anna Skripko 1900 – 1980
Vojtech Škripko 1917 – 1985 - Olga Skripková 1921 – 2012
Peter Tandlich 1934 – 1966 
Jan Tej 1870 – 1947 - Anna Tejova 1878 – 1950
- Szilárd Wrancsik 1929 – 2008
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Košice Soviet Army War Cemetery 150 m away · Košice
- Košice War Cemetery (World War II) 280 m away · Košice
- Južný Cemetery 480 m away · Košice
- Košice Jewish Cemetery 540 m away · Košice-okolie
- Vyšné Opátske Cemetery 2.1 km away · Košice IV · 457 records
- Barca Cemetery 2.7 km away · Košice
- Košice Old Jewish Cemetery 3.2 km away · Košice
- Myslava Cemetery 4.1 km away · Košice
- St. Rosalia Cemetery, Košice 4.2 km away · Košice
- Šebastovce Cemetery, Košice 4.6 km away · Šebastovce
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Common questions
How big is Košice Public Cemetery?
Košice Public Cemetery covers about 29.9 hectares (299,000 m²), about the same size as Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. It is the largest of the 492 cemeteries we list in Region of Košice.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Košice Public Cemetery is that of Eugen Bittelmeyer, who died in 1892 at the age of 0.