Hyncheshti Jewish Cemetery is a well-maintained Jewish cemetery with around 500 gravestones. The oldest tombstone dates from 1868 and the most recent from 1992. It was fenced by ESJF in December 2020
For more information on this site visit: https://www.esjf-cemeteries.org/fenced/hyncheshti-jewish-cemetery-2/
The cemetery was founded after World War II and includes some graves which were transferred from the old cemetery. It is still in use.
The Church of St. Dmitry (Biserica Sfântul Dumitru) is an Orthodox church built between 1890 and 1899. The church was closed and looted under the Soviet regime. The church was reopened in 1990. In 2005, a fire caused severe damage to the interior of the nave and the bell tower. The church was restored in 2016.
The Intercession of the Virgin Mary or Assumption Church is a wooden church from the village of Hirișeni. Today it is preserved in the Village Museum in Chisinau where it can be visited along with other architectural monuments of Moldova.
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