JACOB JR. MY JEWISH WORLD. JEWISH CEMETERY KOVANICE. KOVANICE - CZECH REPUBLIC.

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Monday, Iyar 28, 5781. May 10, 2021.

Shalom! World. 

Kovanice is near Praha: train to Nymburk 44min and more 12min from Nymburk to Kovanice. 

Nymburk did not have its own cemetery, but used the cemetery that was established in 1830 in nearby Kovanice, where Franz Kafka's grandmother is buried. Kovanice's Jewish population can be traced back to 1723 when were 5 Jewish  families living in the town. This rose to 7 families in 1780. It may be no coincidence that Jewish life in Kovanice developed after the expulsion of the Jews from nearby Nymburk. There are many instances where the expelled Jews settled in the surrounding villages of the town that they hadto leave. It suggests that the history of the Jews of Nymburk and Kovanice, should be comsidered as one. 

By 1829 there were 70 Jews living in Kovanice, but by 1880, when there was a congregation in Nymburk that was about to build a Synagogue, the Jewish population of Kovanice had fallen to 33, while the Jewish population of Nymburk peaked in 1890. By 1900 there were only 13 Jews in Kovanice and the last Jew in the town died in 1916. 




Nevertheless the cemetery, on the road between Nymburk and Podebrady continued to serve the Nymburk community and also the community of Krnec until its closure. There is a marble memorial for the victims of the Nazis by the entrance. The gravediggers househas been converted into a holiday house. 







Cultural Support: Jacob Jr. Benleumi, Advisor, Consulting and Education. International Relations Analyst. 

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