Orthodox cemetery

The Orthodox cemetery in Bratislava is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Slovakia. It contains over 7,000 graves. The cemetery was established by the city’s Jewish community in 1845, and after 1873 was used by the Orthodox Jewish community.

After decades of neglect, the Jewish Community of Bratislava is gradually rehabilitating the compound, which is used to this day as a burial site for our community. Many important personalities of Bratislava’s Jewish life, including the rabbis Ketav Sofer (1815-1871) and Shevet Sofer (1842-1906), are buried here. The cemetery chapel, constructed in 1928-1929 from the designs of architects Fridrich Weinwurm and Ignác Vécsei, is an important example of interwar architecture in Slovakia.

Neolog cemetery

The Neolog cemetery was established in 1873 by the Neolog Jewish community founded in 1872. The cemetery has about 2,000 graves and is maintained by the Jewish Community of Bratislava.

There are many important personalities from Slovak-Jewish culture buried here, including the architects Eugen Bárkány (1885-1967) and Artur Szalatnai-Slatinský (1891-1961). A cemetery chapel with a memorial plaque to soldiers who fell in World War I is part of the compound.

Location

Orthodox cemetery
Žižkova 36, Bratislava
GPS: 48°8'33.89"N, 17°5'20.25"E

Neolog cemetery
Žižkova 50, Bratislava
GPS: 48°8'37.77"N, 17°4'58.11"E

Sunday – Thursday
8:00 – 16:00
Friday
8:00 – 12:00
except Jewish holidays