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Alternate name: Nyitrabajna. town image [February 2009]

 

US Commission Number. SLCE000252

Alternate name: Bojná. 4835 1804, 52.9 miles NE of Bratislava Bojna is located in Topolcany, E of Piestany. The last Jewish burial was 1938. The isolated suburban agricultural hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all with no wall or gate. 20-100 19th-20th marble, granite, and sandstone century tombstones in original locations are flat shaped stones, finely smoothed and inscribed stones, or double tombstones with Hebrew and German inscriptions. No mass graves or structures in the cemetery now used for waste dump or abandoned [unclear]. Adjacent properties are agricultural and residential. Private visitors stop rarely. Pollution and vandalism are moderate threats. [pre 1997]

 

January 2009

Map of Village

Village Bojná

Erb Bojná Address: Phone:
00 421 38 537 31 87
Obecný úrad
Bojná 201 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
956 01 Bojná
SLOVAKIA

Region: Nitriansky
District: Topoľčany
Inhabitants: 1933
Area: 3381 ha
First paper reference: in year 1424
Mayor: Rudolf Hayden