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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish cemetery
burial ground
cemetery
architecturalStyle historicist funerary art
burialTradition Jewish funerary customs
coordinateLocation 14.485
50.084
country Czech Republic
hasAddress Jewish Quarter (Josefov) in Prague
surface form: Izraelská street, Prague 3
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 remembrance
surface form: Holocaust memorials

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
Prague 3
Žižkov
locatedNear Olšany Cemeteries
maintainedBy Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
surface form: Jewish Community of Prague
notableBurial Franz Kafka
Hermann Kafka
Jiří Orten
Julie Kafka
Max Brod
Ota Pavel
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
surface form: Jewish Community of Prague
partOf Jewish heritage of Prague
religion Judaism
replaces Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague
surface form: Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov

Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague
surface form: Old Jewish Cemetery in Žižkov
significantEvent establishment of new Jewish burial grounds for Prague community
touristAttraction yes

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Franz Kafka burialPlace New Jewish Cemetery in Prague