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Kirkut Ryglice Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 5/14/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:



[PL] Skrytka znajduje sie w poblizu cmentarza zydowskiego w Ryglicach.

[EN] The cache is placed near a Jewish cemetery in Ryglice.






[PL]

Rygliccy Zydzi:

Pierwsi Zydzi w Ryglicach osiedlili sie w polowie XIV. Trudnili sie oni glównie handlem i rzemioslem koegzystujac z miejscowa ludnoscia. Nie obylo sie jednak i bez incydentów. W roku 1539 splonela na stosie urodzona w pobliskiej Zalasowej Katarzyna Weigiel, która przeszla z katolicyzmu na judaizm. Tuz przed II wojna swiatowa Zydzi w Ryglicach stanowili ponad 10% ludnosci i do nich nalezala znaczna wiekszosc sklepów. W czasie niemieckiej okupacji wszyscy oni zostali pomordowani a istniejaca w Ryglicach boznica spalona.
Jedynym sladem bytnosci Zydów w tamtym regionie, który przetrwal do dznia dzisiejszego jest mocno zniszczony kirkut. W 2006 r. zostalo wybudowane wokól niego solidne ogrodzenie a macewy sa systematycznie restaurowane.

Pewna ciekawostka jest, ze na cmentarzu z I wojny swiatowej w Ryglicach wsród zolnierzy armii austriackiej pochowany jest zolnierz wyznania mojzeszowego. Zwykle zydowskich zolnierzy poleglych w czasie I WS grzebano na cmentarzach zydowskich, nie wyjasnione wiec pozostaje, czemu w tym wypadku zdecydowano sie go pochowac wraz zolnierzami innych wyznan mimo istnienia w poblizu kirkutu.



Skrytka:

Pojemnik zawiera tylko logbook, prosze zabrac ze soba cos do pisania.



[EN]

Jews from Ryglice:

First Jews in Ryglice settled in the mid-14. century. They were tradesmen and craftsmen and, in general, they merged well into the local community. But sometimes incidents happened. In 1539 for example, Katrzyna Weigiel, who came from a neighbouring village Zalasowa, was burned at the stake for her conversion from Catholicism to Judaism. Just before WWII the population of Jews in Ryglice was exceeded 10% and they owned the majority of shops there. During German occupation all of them were killed and their synagogue in Rygilce was burned.
The only preserved trace of Jewish existence in Ryglice is a ruined Jewish cemetery which survived to present times. In 2006 a proper fence was added and the graves have been systematically renovated.

It's a curiosity that on a war cemetery from WWI in Ryglice, among soldiers from Austro-Hungarian army, one Jewish soldier is buried. Usually Jewish soldiers fallen during WWI were buried on designated Jewish cemeteries, so it is hard to explain why in this case they decided to bury him together with the soldiers of other religions, although there was the Jewish cemetery in the vicinity.



The cache:

The container includes a logbook only, please BYOP.



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[PL] cberpman fxelgxn [EN] unaql pnpur

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)