Jewish cemetery Most - Souš u Mostu

The presence of Jews in Brüx (Most) is documented since the 14th and 15th centuries.  In the years 1453 to 1456 all Jews were expelled in dispute with the nobility and Brüxer Bürgern. In 1464 the bühmische king forbade - at the urging of the Brüxer Bürger - any Jüdische settlement in and around Brüx.

Only in 1839, a Jüdische family was allowed to stay in Most / Brüx again. In 1880, 551 people of the Jewish faith were already living in the city. In 1864, a prayer house was built in Most and in 1868 a Jewish congregation was founded. In 1872, the foundation stone of the synagogue could be laid. A year later it was consecrated. In 1878 a cemetery was established in the nearby former village of Souš. The original medieval cemetery was located behind the city wall südöstlich of the city of Brüx and disappeared irretrievably in the period from 1456 to the early 19th century. 

The new Jewish cemetery is the only reminder of the Jewish religious community of Brüx from the pre-1938. The area with a surface of 3,474 square meters consists of a green field with gravestones, a banquet hall, a mortuary and the cemetery wall. In the cemetery there is also a monument in honor of fallen Jüdian soldiers of the First World War.