Nová Cerekev

Synagogue in Nová Cerekev

Nová Cerekev (German: Neu-Cerekwe, Neucerekwe, Neu Zerekwe (Neuzerekwe)) is a market town in the Pelhřimov District of the Vysočina Region. And historically this town belonged to southern Bohemia.

People

• Wenzel Chwala^[1]
• Samuel Strnad (1845, born here - 1908), a Jewish Czech/Austro-Hungarian manor steward, the father of Oskar Strnad
• Otto Šling (1912, born here - 1952), a Jewish Czech communist politician
• Alfréd Justitz (1879-1934), painter and dog-breeder

Districts

• Částkovice^[2]
• Chmelná^[3]
• Markvarec^[4]
• Myslov ^[5]
• Proseč-Obořiště ^[6]
• Stanovice ^[7]

See also

• Horní Cerekev (German: Lobeskirchen, "Upper Cerekev/Churches")

References

1. http://web.archive.org/web/20091027063800/http://www.geocities.com/enver1908/fieldofhonour.html, http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp?last_name=Chwala, http://www.2manitowoc.com/05/1880coop3.html
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Coordinates: 49°25′07″N 15°06′47″E / 49.41861°N 15.11306°E