Alternate names: Vonigovo [Rus], Vonyhove [Cz], Vinif and וויניף [Yid], Vajnág [Hun], Vonihovo and Вонігово [Ukr], Vuniyevo, Vonyihove, Vajnágh, Wajnág. 19 miles WNW of Sighetu Marmaţiei (Sziget), 11 miles ESE of Khust, 8 miles NNW of Tyachiv (Técső). 48°04' N, 23°32' E
Vonihovo was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century - 1920 and 1938-1944) as Vajnág in Máramaros megye (county), then part of Czechoslovakia (1920-1938) as Vonyhove in Podkarpatská Rus (Sub-Carpathia), then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1945-1991) as Vonigovo and since 1991 as Vonihovo in Tiachivskiy rayon (district) of Zakarpats'ka oblast (county) of Ukraine.
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- Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be-yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan
(Tel Aviv, 1983) - KehilaLink [October 2013]
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1412: "Vonihovo".
- JewishGen Hungary SIG
- JewishGen SubCarpathia SIG
- Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be-yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan
The fence is being erected to be followed by the restoration of the interior of the cemetery. Source: Toby Mendlowitz, Assistant Director. HFPJC, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [July 2004]
Erected concrete enclosure. Cleared littered grounds. Restored the 113 gravestones; Darkened the inscriptions (where necessary) and numbered and photographed the stones individually. Source: Heritage Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries (HFPJC) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [September 2004]