CURRENT CZECH NAME:  Horni Cerekev

OTHER NAMES/SPELLINGS:  Ober Cerekive, Ober Zerekiv

LOCATION:    (see map at right)..... 

HISTORY: 
Horni Cerekev  was a large village prior to 1800.  In 1809 the town was largely destroyed by Napoleon's forces.  A small village exists there today.

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NOTABLE RESIDENTS AND DESCENDANTS:  
The submitter of this information has identified several family names which derive from here: Schling, Meisel, and Klimpl.

SYNAGOGUES:  
At sometime in the past there was a significant jewish population, with a synagogue and Jewish schools, as well as a residence for the area's Rabbi.

A torah scroll from the vanished Jewish community has survived and now rests in the Harrow and Wembley Progressive Synagogue in Harrow, a northwest suburb of London.

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SUBMITTER:   Valerie Austin -  E-mail: va5303@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu
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