Opole

closed cemetery - protected as a monument

"According to the calculations of the Łabędzki family from 1898, there are 778 gravestones or their fragments in the necropolis" (see: Małgorzata Frąckowiak)

extensive gravestone stock (German and/or Hebrew inscriptions). "On an area of 0.3 hectares are preserved only about 150 tombstones, the älteste dates from 1840 and belongs to Margaliot Schnitzer, Großmother of Emin Pasha." (see: Opolskie-Nieruchomosci.pl)

Architecture of the tombstones - typical architectural elements of the 18th and 19th centuries.: tombstones on pedestals, tomb stringers, obelisks, differently designed pediments, acroteries, palmettes, volutes, Gothic measure nun's head, broken pillars 

various Jewish and non-Jewish symbols and floral ornamentation: Hands of the Kohanim, Levite jar, Star of David, hourglass, palm branch, palm frond, vine leaves and grapes, broken candle, stylized curtain

"Despite severe devastation, the Yüd cemetery in Opole on Ulica Graniczna survived the war years ü. In the early 1960s, the cemetery was officially closed; Tahara House and the House of the Guardian were demolished and replaced by a residential building with workshops. A wall drawn around the now reduced Gräberfeld is to prevent further Verwüstung the cemetery site." (see Alicke)