52°48' N 16°44' E, 183.2 miles WNW of Warszawa.Gmina Połajewo is a rural administrative district in Czarnków-Trzcianka powiat in Greater Poland Voivodeship in west-central Poland with its seat in the village of Połajewo, 17 km (11 mi) SE of Czarnków and 46 km (29 mi) N of the regional capital Poznań with a 2006 total population of 6,140. Gmina Połajewo contains the villages and settlements of Boruszyn, Krosin, Krosinek, Młynkowo, Połajewo, Przybychowo, Sierakówko and Tarnówko. [June 2009]
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Polajewo is located in the Pila region at 52º48N 16º44E, 40 km from Poznan. The cemetery is located at 42 Wiuiary Street. Present town population is 1,000-5,000 with no Jews.
- Town: Polajewo is Urzad Gminy w Potajewie. Local: mgr. Roman Chwaliszewski, Wojewodzki Konserwator Zabytkow, 64-920 Pila, ul. Terewsha 1, tel. 223-88.
- Regional: Panstwowa Sluiba Ochrony Zabytkow, mgr. Barbara Luczyriskie
- Interested: mgr. Marek Fijatkowski, Museum Ouregowe, 64-920 Pila ul. Chopina 1, tel. 271-37.
The earliest known Jewish community was at the beginning of 19th century. The unlandmarked Progressive/Reform Jewish cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century. The isolated urban flat land has no sign or marker, no wall, gate, or fence. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all. The size of the cemetery before W.W.II was 0.2 hectares; it is.16 ha now. No gravestones are visible. The municipality owns site used as a Jewish cemetery, and for industrial/commercial use. Properties adjacent are industrial and commercial. Compared to 1939, the cemetery boundaries enclose a smaller area and this is due to the gravel pit. Local residents visit rarely. The cemetery was vandalized during W.W.II. No maintenance. It is being used as a gravel pit. There is also a serious security threat, and slight vegetation and weather erosion threats.
Henryk Grecki, 70-539 Szcrecin, ul. Soltysia 3/13, tel. 377-41 completed survey on August 30, 1991. The site was not visited.