Cemetery in Poděbrady, Cultural monument cemetery in Kluk, Poděbrady, Czech Republic.
The Cemetery in Poděbrady covers 2.7 hectares at the corner of Bílkova and Kolínská streets in Kluk, southwest of the centre. Its new section, built in 1902–1903 to a design by architect Josef Fanta, has a northern wall divided into blind arcades, decorated with sgraffiti and relief medallions by sculptor František Bílek. The grounds also hold a chapel with a former mortuary and autopsy room, a cross with Christ, a gravedigger's house and iron gates with small side doors. A Jewish cemetery founded in 1898 lies in the southwestern part.
The Catholic cemetery stood nearer the town centre until it was moved to Kluk at the start of the 20th century, and Jiráskovy sady park was laid out on its former site. The new cemetery section was built in 1902–1903 to a design by architect Josef Fanta. A Jewish cemetery founded in 1898 lies in the south-western part; it was devastated during the Second World War and its gravestones were removed, all but one.
The cemetery holds a Jewish section founded in 1898 in its southwest corner, devastated during World War II when all but one tombstone were removed. The cemetery chapel served the Orthodox Church in the 2010s as a branch of the Kolín parish, later transferred to Kutná Hora. Writer Bohumil Říha was buried in the Evangelical part.
The cemetery lies at the corner of Bílkova and Kolínská streets in Kluk, southwest of Poděbrady's centre, on 2.7 hectares managed by the city. The Jewish section occupies the southwestern part, where only one tombstone survived the destruction of the Second World War. The chapel, former mortuary and autopsy room, gravedigger's house and iron gates with small doors stand within the grounds.
The Jewish section, founded in 1898 in the cemetery's southwest corner, was devastated during World War II and all its tombstones but one were removed. The single surviving gravestone is the detail to look for.
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