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Zlaté Hory, Czech Republic Zlaté Hory, Czech Republic Zlaté Hory coat of arms (formerly Kamberk, German: Kamberg) also used cemetery at Mlada Vozice

The town [town website in Czech] was founded in 1224. Administrative parts: Rejvíz, Horní a Dolní Údolí and Ondřejovice. Until 1948 Cukmantl, German: Zuckmantel, a town now in the Jeseník District, Olomouc Region on the border with Poland. The population of 4,447 (2006).According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 4,520 inhabitants, 4,341 of whom had permanent residence and gave German for their native language, 4,341 (100%).[February 2009]

 

US Commission No. CZCE000007

Alternate names: Zlaté Hory [Cz], Zuckmantel [Ger], Cukmantl, Złote Góry [Pol]. Located in Silesia, Moravia-Silesia, Bruntal at 50°16' N, 17°24' E on the Czesch-Polish frontier, 80 km NW of Ostrava, 48 miles N of Olomouc (Olmütz) on the Polish border.. Cemetery: E side of town, new municipal cemetery. Present town population is 1,000 to 5,000 with no Jews.

  • Town: Mestsky Urad, 793 76 Zlate Hory v Jesenikach.
  • Regional: Okresni urad, odbor kultury, 792 01 Bruntal and Dr. Lubica Mezerova, U potoka street 55, 792 01 Bruntal.
  • Interested: Okresni Vlastivedne Muzeum, zamek, 792 11 Bruntal.
  • Caretaker: Mestska hrbitovni sprava, municipal cemetery custodian, 793 01 Zlate Hory v Jesenikach.

1930 Jewish population was 34. Franz Kafka was treated in a Jewish sanitarium here in 1905 and 1906. The unlandmarked Jewish cemetery originated about 1900 with last known Jewish burial in the 1930s. The suburban flat land, part of a municipal cemetery, has no marker or sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a continuous masonry wall with a locking gate. Approximate size of cemetery before World War II and presently is about 100 sq. m.

No stones are visible. The municipality sold 11 known tombstones in 1989 to a private collection. It contains no known mass graves or structures. The municipality owns the property used for a Jewish cemetery. Adjacent property is a non-Jewish cemetery.

Vlastmila Hamackova, Zabelska 37, Jiri Fiedler, z"l completed survey on 26 December 1991. Documentation: Several journal articles. Other documentation was inaccessible. Jiri Fiedler, z"l and Jaroslav Fiala, Nadrazni Street 817, 793 76 Zlate Hory v Jesenikach visited site and interviewed Jaroslav Fiala.