Jewish Cemetery in Čelina

The Čelina Jewish Cemetery (Czech: Židovský hřbitov v Čelině) is located southwest of the village of Čelina [cs] (part of Borotice), on a slope at the edge of a forest to the right of the road to Cholín [cs].

Part of the route to the site leads through a fenced area for cattle.

[1] It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

[2] The cemetery was founded in the 18th century, the oldest legible tombstone out of total thirty preserved[3] dates back to the year 1803, the youngest one to 1918.

There is also a former synagogue and Jewish district in the village, numbering several original houses from the 19th century.

Row of tombstones at the Čelina cemetery