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ציעחאנוב

Ciechanów

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ציעחאנוב — בית החיים

Ciechanów — the Jewish cemetery

Jewish cemetery, Sienkiewicza, Ciechanów, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

  • THERE IS NO OHEL STANDING HERE. Come knowing that. The cemetery was destroyed during and after the war, and the ohel over the Ciechanover Rov was deliberately taken down — his remains were moved to the newer cemetery first, and then the ohel was demolished so that no trace was left.
  • The newer ground was itself cleared and turned into a recreational area. It is a meadow with a few trees today, surrounded by blocks of flats, with no matzevos standing.
  • The oldest burial ground, from about the seventeenth century, was near the corner of 17 Stycznia and Jesionowa. There is nothing marked to find there either.
  • The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland and Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland have been raising money to put a monument back on the site. Ask them what stands there before you make the journey.
  • THREE GROUNDS, AND THIS LISTING WILL NOT CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM. They are the oldest at 52.88247, 20.60994, the old at 52.8802676, 20.6240845 and the new at 52.8804618, 20.6355429. ESJF surveyed each of them, and no source found says which one holds the kever this page is about. No single map point is published; ask locally, and take the coordinates with you.
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At the kever

Who is buried here.

רבי אברהם לאנדא

Rabbi Avraham Landau

The Ciechanover Rov

5635 / 1875

Rov of Ciechanów from 1829 and one of the leading Polish rabbonim of his time. His kever was a place people travelled to before the war; his remains were reburied in the newer cemetery when the ohel was destroyed, and that ground is now open grass. Nothing marks the spot.

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Questions

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Where is the beis hachaim in Ciechanów?

Ciechanów — the Jewish cemetery — Jewish cemetery, Sienkiewicza, Ciechanów, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.

Who is buried in Ciechanów?

The listing for this beis hachaim records Rabbi Avraham Landau.

Which airport is closest to Ciechanów?

Warsaw Chopin (WAW), about 83 km · 52 mi away in a straight line. The other airports within reach are Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa (GDN) and Lublin (LUZ). There is no direct flight to the town itself, so the last leg is by road whichever airport you use.