New Jewish Cemetery in Prague

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The New Jewish Cemetery in Prague is a historic Jewish burial ground best known as the final resting place of writer Franz Kafka.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish cemetery
burial ground
cemetery
architecturalStyle historicist funerary art
burialTradition Jewish funerary customs
coordinateLocation 14.485
50.084
country Czech Republic NERFINISHED
hasAddress Izraelská street, Prague 3 NERFINISHED
hasArtwork symbolic Jewish tombstone carvings
hasCulturalSignificance major site of Jewish history in Prague
pilgrimage site for admirers of Franz Kafka
hasGraveType family vaults
individual graves
hasHeritageStatus protected monument
hasLanguage Czech
German
Hebrew
hasPart Franz Kafka grave
Holocaust memorials NERFINISHED
ceremonial hall
children’s section
family tombs
war memorials
hasUse Jewish burial
memorial site
heritageDesignation cultural monument of the Czech Republic
inception 1890
locatedIn Prague NERFINISHED
Prague 3 NERFINISHED
Žižkov NERFINISHED
locatedNear Olšany Cemeteries NERFINISHED
maintainedBy Jewish Community of Prague NERFINISHED
notableBurial Franz Kafka NERFINISHED
Hermann Kafka NERFINISHED
Jiří Orten NERFINISHED
Julie Kafka NERFINISHED
Max Brod NERFINISHED
Ota Pavel NERFINISHED
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Jewish Community of Prague NERFINISHED
partOf Jewish heritage of Prague
religion Judaism
replaces Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov NERFINISHED
Old Jewish Cemetery in Žižkov NERFINISHED
significantEvent establishment of new Jewish burial grounds for Prague community
touristAttraction yes

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Franz Kafka
burialPlace

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