New Jewish Cemetery in Kraków

Situated in Miodowa Street 55 the New Jewish Cemetery was established in 1800 and further expanded in 1836 is the largest Jewish cemetery in Kraków with area of approx. 4.5 hectares where around 10,000 graves, tombstones and memorial plaques from the World War II era are located.

This magnificent cemetery contains a lapidarium and pre-burial house built in 1903 designed by Władysław Kleinberger, and also a war cemetery of the Jewish members of the Polish Armed forces from World War I which was recently renovated.

The New Jewish Cemetery in Kraków was renovated post war and is a functioning cemetery to this date, where many international tourists and locals come to visit the graves of the deceased relatives and famous Jewish people who lived in Kraków and Małopolska are across centuries.

Prominent people buried here are, among many others, Chaim Aryeh Leibush HaLevi Horowitz, Rabbi Nisan Shneirson and Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Epstein (1754-1823), author of "Maor Vashemesh" - a classic work of Hasidic literature which is a collection of commentaries and sermons on the Torah and Jewish holidays.

The opening times of the New Jewish Cemetery are Sunday to Friday 09:00-16:00 and it's closed on Saturdays and on Jewish Holidays.

We highly recommend visiting this cemetery during your stay in Kazimierz, Kraków, since it's very near the main attractions of the Szeroka street.