International Jewish Cemetery Project
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(BERNARTITZ in German) also used the cemetery at Zbesicky and used the cemetery at Straz

 

Photo and maps: "The small town lies about 9 km south of the town of  Milevsko. First mentioned at the end of the 13th century  and owned by Bernard of Bernartice after 1650 was a Jesuit seat. The Gothic St. Martin's Church was built on the foundations of the original Romanesque church (second half of the 14th century) and reconstructed in the Baroque style in the 16th century.  The Baroque St. Florian's Chapel on the square originates from the first half of the 18th century. The Holocaust/WWII monument stands on the small hill called "Na Posvátném" (the Holy Hill). [February 2009]