Original Jewish Cemetery Of Kyustendil

Source: http://www.heritageabroad.gov/Portals/0/Reports%20and%20Surveys/Bulgaria%20Jewish%20sites%202011%20(1).pdf?ver=2016-02-24-124025-147 Kyustendil is situated 80 km southwest from Sofia, 20 km from the border with Macedonia, and 35 km from Serbia, in a valley at the foot of the Osogovo part of the Balkan Mountains. Approximately 80 people made up the Jewish population at the time of the survey. The original Jewish cemetery was situated on the left hill of the Adjundarski gorge, near the Katranlia mahala (residential district). The municipal cemetery was near the Sveti Mina church. The positioning of the cemeteries violated the local health law and, perhaps more controversially, created obstacles to the town's outward development. In 1894, the municipal cemetery was moved to a plot between the road to Sofia and the road to Dupnitza, where it was far enough from the town and where there was no arable land. In 1900, the Jewish cemetery was moved to an adjacent location.