Alternate names: Vonigovo [Rus], Vonyhove [Cz], Vinif and וויניף [Yid], Vajnág [Hun], Vonihovo and Вонігово [Ukr], Vuniyevo, Vonyihove, Vajnágh, Wajnág. 19 miles WNW of Sighetu Marmaţiei (Sziget), 11 miles ESE of Khust, 8 miles NNW of Tyachiv (Técső). 48°04' N, 23°32' E
Vonihovo was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century - 1920 and 1938-1944) as Vajnág in Máramaros megye (county), then part of Czechoslovakia (1920-1938) as Vonyhove in Podkarpatská Rus (Sub-Carpathia), then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1945-1991) as Vonigovo and since 1991 as Vonihovo in Tiachivskiy rayon (district) of Zakarpats'ka oblast (county) of Ukraine.
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- Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be-yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan
(Tel Aviv, 1983) - KehilaLink [October 2013]
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1412: "Vonihovo".
- JewishGen Hungary SIG
- JewishGen SubCarpathia SIG
- Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be-yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan
The fence is being erected to be followed by the restoration of the interior of the cemetery. Source: Toby Mendlowitz, Assistant Director. HFPJC, E-mail or gen@jewishcemeterypreservation.org [July 2004]
Erected concrete enclosure. Cleared littered grounds. Restored the 113 gravestones; Darkened the inscriptions (where necessary) and numbered and photographed the stones individually. Source: Heritage Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries (HFPJC) hfpjc@thejnet.com [September 2004]