Terešov


Terešov is a village and municipality in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of, and has a population of 152. Terešov lies approximately north-east of Rokycany, north-east of Plzeň, and west of Prague.

History

The village is firstly mentioned in 1361. 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. Until the 19th Century, the Jewish Community of Terešov 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.