Cemetery #23971
Kraków New Jewish Cemetery
Local name: Kraków, nowy cmentarz żydowski
Also known as New Jewish Cemetery · Nowy Cmentarz Żydowski, Kraków · Nowy cmentarz żydowski w Krakowie
1
documented record
≈ 820–1,600
approx. capacity (graves)
0.041 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The New Jewish Cemetery lies at 55 Miodowa Street in Kraków's Grzegórzki district and covers about 3.1 hectares. It was founded in 1800 on land bought by the Jewish community and has been a registered heritage monument since 1999. After 1945 the Kraków Congregation of the Jewish Faith maintained it, and it was tidied in 1957 with funds from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. It remains an active cemetery and has a well-preserved mortuary.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 50.053043° N, 19.953030° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
1 memorial, A–Z by surname.
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Kraków War Cemetery No. 387 90 m away · Kraków
- Remuh Old Jewish Cemetery, Kraków 440 m away · Kraków
- Podgórski Old Cemetery, Kraków 1.3 km away · Kraków
- Podgórze New Cemetery 1.9 km away · Krakow · 25 records
- Podgórze Old Jewish Cemetery 2.3 km away · Kraków
- Podgórze New Jewish Cemetery 2.4 km away · Kraków
- Kraków-Rakowice War Cemetery No. 388 2.4 km away · Kraków
- Krakow Rakowicki Municipal Cemetery 2.5 km away · Krakow · 176 records
- Krakow Military Cemetery 2.8 km away · Krakow · 88 records
- Na Salwatorze Cemetery 3.5 km away · Krakow · 24 records
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Common questions
How big is Kraków New Jewish Cemetery?
Kraków New Jewish Cemetery covers about 41,000 m² (10 acres), about the size of 6 soccer fields. It is the 29th largest of the 1,421 cemeteries we list in Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Kraków New Jewish Cemetery is that of Jonatan Warschauer, who died in 1888 at the age of 68.