Salgotarjani Street Jewish Cemetery

The Salgotarjani Street Jewish Cemetery (Hungarian: Salgótarjáni úti zsidó temető) is a Jewish cemetery in Budapest, Hungary. It is located in the 8th district of Budapest Józsefváros, besides Kerepesi Cemetery (officially named Fiumei úti nemzeti sírkert), with a stone wall between them.

Entrance of Salgotarjani Street Jewish Cemetery

The cemetery opened in 1874 and is now the oldest remaining Jewish cemetery on the Pest side of the city. When it was created, it was the third Jewish cemetery, after the cemeteries of Vaci and Lehel Streets. The cemeteries of Vaci and Lehe have since been demolished with buildings have been erected there.

Family vault of Vilmos tószegi Freund, designed by Emil Vidor, 1910.

References

• Jewish Budapest. Monuments, rites, history, by Kinga Frojimovics, Geza Komoroczy, Viktoria Pusztai and Andrea Strbik. Central European University Press, 1999. ISBN 978-9639116375
• A Salgótarjáni utcai zsidó temető, by Vilmos Tóth and Károly Zsolt Nagy. Nemzeti Örökség Intézete, 2014. ISBN 978-9630888325

External links

• Kerepesi/Salgótarjáni utca Cemetery, Budapest, on Jewish Heritage Europe.