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Herb53°04' N 17°49' E, 144.7 miles WNW of Warszaw. The village  in Nakielskim district in the municipality Szubin over Gąsawką near its mouth to Notec in Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship in north-central Poland, 8 kilometres (5 mi) NE of Szubin, 18 km (11 mi) SE of Nakło nad Notecią, and 14 km (9 mi) SW of Bydgoszcz has a population of 1,155. [June 2009]

US Commission No. POCE000606

Alternate German name: Netzwalde. Rynarzewo is located in Bydgoszcz, Paluki at 53º4 17º48, 10 km from Szubin. The cemetery is located to the W of the village. Present population is 1,000 and 5,000 with no Jews.

  • Local: Local administration of a commune council in Szubin.
  • Regional: mgr Olga Romanowska-Grabowska, Panstwowa Sluzba Ochrony Zabytkow.

The earliest known Jewish community existed during the 18th century. 1831 Jewish population was 54. Jewish cemetery was established around middle of the 19th century. The isolated rural flat land has no sign. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall, fence, or gate. The size of the cemetery both before World War II and now is 0.65 hectares. No gravestones or structures are visible. There are no known mass graves within the cemetery. The municipality owns property used for agriculture. Adjacent properties are agricultural. The cemetery has no been vandalized within the last ten years, but no maintenance. Security (uncontrolled access) and weather erosion are slight threats.

Magdalena Grabowska, ul. Sanatoryjna 40, Bydgoszcz, tel: 277335 completed survey in 10/92. The card of cemetery 1988 WKZ Bydgoszcz was used.