
The Salgotarjani Street Jewish Cemetery (Hungarian: ''Salgótarjáni úti zsidó temető'') is a Jewish cemetery of
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.
It opened in
1874
Events
January–March
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and is now the oldest remaining Jewish cemetery on the
Pest
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side of the city. When it was created, it was the third, after the cemeteries of Vaci and Lehel streets; since, these ones have disappeared, and buildings have been erected there.
References
* ''Jewish Budapest. Monuments, rites, history'', by Kinga Frojimovics, Geza Komoroczy, Viktoria Pusztai and Andrea Strbik. Central European University Press, 1999.
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* ''A Salgótarjáni utcai zsidó temető'', by Vilmos Tóth and Károly Zsolt Nagy. Nemzeti Örökség Intézete, 2014
External links
Kerepesi/Salgótarjáni utca Cemetery, Budapest on Jewish Heritage Europe.
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Cemeteries in Budapest
Jewish cemeteries in Hungary
Józsefváros
1874 establishments in Austria-Hungary
19th-century establishments in Hungary