The oldest working Jewish cemetery in Budapest, opened in 1874, where the Jewish business and political elite were buried, among them the Weiss, Hatvany-Deutsch and Ullmann families. Marble and granite mausoleums by Béla Lajta and Zsigmond Quittner stand among tombs left overgrown with ivy because the families were killed in the Holocaust or fled. Research has shown that 24,000 people lie here, twice the earlier estimate.
- Address
- Salgótarjáni utca 3, 1087 Budapest
- Hours
- Closed Saturday. Sun-Fri from 08:00; Offbeat Budapest gives 08:00-16:00, Google (via Wanderlog, 2026-09) 08:00-15:00 (Fri 14:00)
- Best time to go
- Morning · About 1 h
- Price
- Free admission (Offbeat Budapest)
- Price level
- Ft
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- It sits behind the Kerepesi (Fiumei úti) cemetery but has its own entrance from Salgótarjáni utca (Offbeat Budapest).
- Look for Lajta's cubic funeral house at the entrance, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement (Offbeat Budapest).
- By Jewish custom, visitors leave a small stone on a grave, not flowers (Pestbuda).