New Cemetery

Erection/Date: 1906 inauguration
Numbers: 342 buried persons, 188 tombstones, 60 persons in family tombes and 94 unknown graves (in particular for children and poor people)
Time of National Socialism: 1938 destruction of tombstones; 1945 damage by wartime events
Restitution: 1949 start of negotiations; 1954 restitution to the IKG Wien as legal successor of the IKG St. Pölten
Renovation: 1951 setting up of tombstones by the municipality of St. Pölten; costs borne by the IKG Vienna. 1996 restoration by the association "Shalom", since then maintenance by the municipality and occasional school projects; 2015 gravestone for the 228 murdered Hungarian-Jewish forced labourers from Hofamt Priel; 2022 municipal council resolution on renovation and maintenance agreement with the IKG Vienna; 2022-2024 restoration with funds from the Fund for the Restoration of Jewish Cemeteries and the Province of Lower Austria; further maintenance by the City of St. Pölten.
Adresse: Karlstettner Straße 3

History

In 1906, the new cemetery (including a ceremonial hall) was opened next to the area of the municipal cemetery at Karlstettner Straße. In 1939 National Socialists destroyed parts of the tombstones.

Renovation

In 1996, the association "Shalom" had the desolate cemetery renovated; since then it has been maintained by the municipality. In 2000, the capacitation of the ceremonial hall, which was financially supported by public and private donors, was initiated. In 2001 and in accordance with the Washington Agreement, the Republic of Austria committed itself to the restoration and partly conservation of Jewish cemeteries; in 2012, a federal law was passed for this purpose. In May 2022, the Fund for the Restoration of Austria's Jewish Cemeteries approved the general planning of the necessary work. The renovation was completed in spring 2024.

Register of decedents

In the register you can find the names and dates - as written on the tombstones - of the deceased. The arrangement is based on the order of the graves. For a more detailed view, please choose _graves_ from the menu on the right side.