Terešov

Terešov (Tereschau in German) is a village and municipality (obec) in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.

Jewish cemetery in Terešov was founded in 1623
Terešov
Municipality
Location in Rokycany District
Terešov
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°54′10″N 13°41′49″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionPlzeň
DistrictRokycany
Area
 • Total6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Elevation
408 m (1,339 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total152
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Postal code
338 08
Websitehttp://www.sweb.cz/teresov/

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 6.7 square kilometres (2.6 sq mi), and has a population of 152 (as at 28 August 2006). Terešov lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Rokycany, 29 km (18 mi) north-east of Plzeň, and 56 km (35 mi) west of Prague.

History

The village is firstly mentioned in 1361.[1] In 1838 Jakob A. Popper has founded a chemical factory here.

Jewish Community

Historically, Terešov had the oldest, as well as one of the most important Jewish communities in the Rokycany District, established already in 1623 (though some sources say even "a hundred years before that", i.e. 1520). Until the 19th Century, the Jewish Community of Terešov ("Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Tereschau") was the natural administrative and religious center for all the local small Jewish communities of the region, with a cemetery, a chevra kadisha, a rabbi, a cheder, a schochet, a mikvah and a synagogue.

The synagogue has burned down and subsequently has been pulled down by the communist authorities in 1964.

The Jewish Cemetery is still preserved till today, though in a somewhat mediocre condition; about 2 km NE from the village lies, next to the road to Bílá Skála, an area of approximately 4000 m2 with some 300 tombstones. Oldest tombstones date to 1725, newest ones into 1930's. The wall of the cemetery is in ruins, the cemetery is freely accessible.

References
  1. Liber primus confirmationum ad beneficia ecclesiastica Pragensem per archidioecesim nunc prima vice typis editus,inchoans ab anno 1354 usque 1362,Tomus primus,ed. František Antonín Tingl,Pragae 1867, p.154.



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