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קאלין

Kolín

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קאלין — בית החיים הישן

Kolín — the old Jewish cemetery

Old Jewish cemetery, Slunečná, 280 02 Kolín, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic

  • Enter from Slunečná. The old main gate on Kmochova is closed, and navigating to it is the way people arrive at a locked wall.
  • THE KEY IS HELD BY THE REGIONAL MUSEUM in Kolín, not at the cemetery. Arrange it before you travel rather than on the day.
  • More than 2,600 matzevos stand here and the oldest are dated to 1492 — after Prague, this is the most significant old beis hachaim in Bohemia. Finding one stone among them takes time.
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At the kever

Who is buried here.

רבי בצלאל בן יהודה ליווא

Rabbi Bezalel ben Yehuda Loew

Son of the Maharal of Prague

5359 / 1599

A son of Rabbi Yehuda Loew, the Maharal of Prague. His father is buried in the old cemetery in Prague; this is the son, in Kolín.

רבי אלעזר קליר

Rabbi Elazar Kalir

Av beis din of Kolín

אור חדש

Rov of Kolín in the seventeen hundreds. Not the paytan Elazar HaKalir of the piyutim, who lived more than a thousand years earlier — the names are identical and the two are constantly confused.

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Where is the beis hachaim in Kolín?

Kolín — the old Jewish cemetery — Old Jewish cemetery, Slunečná, 280 02 Kolín, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Who is buried in Kolín?

The listing for this beis hachaim records Rabbi Bezalel ben Yehuda Loew, Rabbi Elazar Kalir.

Which airport is closest to Kolín?

Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG), about 68 km · 42 mi away in a straight line. The other airports within reach are Brno-Tuřany (BRQ) and Wrocław Copernicus (WRO). There is no direct flight to the town itself, so the last leg is by road whichever airport you use.