Dolní Kounice - Jewish cemetery

It was founded in 1680 on a slope above the ghetto. It was originally accessible from the north side through a tunnel. Later, a new entrance from the south was built, when a road was also built to the Catholic cemetery. The cemetery is surrounded by a massive stone wall. There are about 1500 tombstones here in irregular rows. A number of them come from the Baroque and Classicism periods, the newest, mostly made of polished granite, are found in…