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Alternate names: Ružomberok, Rozsahegy [February 2009]

US Commission No. SLCE000072

Ruzomberok is located W of Liptovsky Mikulas. Primary cemetery was abolished in 1982. The suburban hillside symbolic cemetery site is part of a municipal cemetery with no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a masonry wall and a locking gate. The 19th-20th century marble, granite, and other materials tombstones with Hebrew and German inscriptions were removed from the original cemetery and put in [municipal?] cemetery containing special memorial monuments to Holocaust victims. The site is used for Jewish symbolic cemetery only. Adjacent properties are cemetery and agricultural. Private visitors visit occasionally. Vegetation was cleared. Now, individuals clean or clean occasionally. No threats.

 

January 2009:

Map of Village

Photos of Village

Town Ružomberok

Erb Ružomberok Address: Phone:
00 421 44 431 44 21, 2,3
Mestský úrad Fax: 00 421 44 431 44 29
Námestie Andreja Hlinku 1 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
034 01 Ružomberok
SLOVAKIA
Web: www.ruzomberok.sk

Region: Žilinský
District: Ružomberok
Micro region: Liptov, Ružomberský ZMOS
Inhabitants: 29 908
Area: 12 672 ha
First paper reference: in year 1233
Mayor: Ing. Michal Slašťan
Chief: Ing. Vladimír Trnovský