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Jewish Families from Chvalkovice, Bohemia, Czech Republic

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This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the village and municipality of Chvalkovice in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic.

These books contains the data on the village of Velká Bukovina / Chvalkovice:

Velká Bukovina Cemetery

[http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/czech-republic/velka-buko...] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jewish_cemeterie_in_Velka_B...] [http://www.jewishjournal.com/enroute/item/revivisting_a_secret_gard...]

Earliest known Jewish community was probably late 17th century or early 18th century. 1930 Jewish population was 2. Peak Jewish population was first half of 19th century with 18 families permitted. Independent congregation was established probably in late 19th century with synagogue used until about 1906. The Jewish cemetery originated in first half of the 18th century with last known Conservative Jewish burial in early 20th century.