Jewish plague hospital / hospital

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Žižkov was founded as a plague cemetery during the epidemic that struck Prague in 1679 and 1680. In January 1680, the Jews bought a 10 fathom long and 42 cubit wide plot of a former vineyard (about an eighth of the later cemetery area) in the village of Olšany from Prague City Hall.

Together with the cemetery, the Jewish community of Prague founded a hospital here, to which plague patients from the city's Jewish ghetto were brought.

The remains of the infirmary of the old Jewish cemetery in Žižkov, which was used by the Chevra Kadisha burial society, date back to 1856. The hospital consisted of a single-wing wing in neo-Gothic style. The building was at ground level, without a basement, covered with a gabled roof and pierced by Gothic windows.

In 1977, the building was purchased by the Jewish religious community of Štuko, an artistic production cooperative for the restoration of monuments in Prague, which still owns the building today and uses it for its own purposes.nIn 1991, the existing building was extended by a courtyard extension towards Fibichova Street. The extension is two-storey (first floor and attic), connected to the older building and adapted to the style of the original building.

Currently, the ‚Central Point International School‘ uses the premises.