Old Jewish Cemetery (Prague) - Starý židovský hřbitov v Praze-Josefově

The most famous cemetery in Prague is located in the old Jewish town, Josefov. It is nestled in the old town, surrounded by synagogues and old Jewish houses. It contains 12,000 gravestones dating from the 14th century to 1787, including those of Rabbi Löw, Mordechai Maisel and other famous people.

An endless stream of tourists winds üover the resting places of 200,000 people. They lie in several layers übereinander, angeschüttet, because no place was there.

You have to Dietrich von Liliencron right when he wrote in 1900:"...als berste er vor Tod, als hätten die ihre Grabsteine upgeschlehtten, perplexed, ohne Sinn und Verstand".