Jewish Cemetery in Dobrodzień
Cmentarz żydowski w Dobrodzieniu
Historic Jewish cemetery in Dobrodzień, Upper Silesia, established before 1730, featuring around 270 tombstones and a lapidarium.

📜 Historic Jewish cemetery in Dobrodzień, located on Lubliniecka Street, outside the city.
🔍 Third oldest 18th-century Jewish necropolis in Upper Silesia, with the oldest existing tombstone from 1773.

Why Go

📜 Explore a significant historical site, listed as a monument (A/439/88).
🌳 Discover around 270 tombstones and fragments, with inscriptions in Hebrew and German.
🗿 See a lapidarium created from damaged gravestones.
⭐ Visit the burial place of relatives of Saint Edith Stein.

Why Avoid

🚫 No longer an active cemetery for burials, last one in 1941.
🚶 Located about 1 km from the city center, among fields.

ℹ️ Good to Know

Informational plaque at the gate in Polish, English, and German.
Renovated in 2001 by the "Antyschematy" initiative.