Written sources show that Jews were in Písečné from the 17th century. In 1759 there were 24 Jewish families in Písečné and by 1848 their number had increased to 52. In 1848 there were 333 Jews (38% of the total population), in 1880 there were 106 Jews (13.3% of the population), in 1900 there were 71 Jews (8% of the population), and 1930 there were 34 Jews (2.1%).
Ghetto. In the 18th century, Jewish houses were most likely concentrated in three separate areas. The largest was the western area, in the center of the village along both banks of the creek; originally there were 24-25 houses, with around 10 having survived to date. The central and most interesting area is located northeast of the castle on the northern side of the creek; there are 11 two-story burgher houses still standing. The smallest area is situated on the eastern edge of the town behind the Thaya (Dyje) River and looks like a street with houses on one side. Of the original 7 neighboring houses, 5 small ground-floor houses have been preserved which now form a single unit as the Classicist house No. 135. The synagogue was built between 1768-1782 in the middle of the western area on the northern bank of the creek, but it was demolished after the Second World War.
Jewish cemetery. It was allegedly founded at the beginning of the 18th century, 500 meters southwest of the castle in the forest above the town. The oldest dated tombstone from 1730 is inscribed to the teacher Bernard Insel. There are about 450 gravestones preserved in the cemetery, many of which are Baroque and Classicist and many of which bear Baroque decorations. At the entrance there is a passage mortuary from the beginning of the 19th century, which was reconstructed in 1999. The cemetery is freely accessible.
Interesting: Rabbi Michael Lazar Kohn, one of the most respected Moravian Rabbis who died after 52 years in office on 18 March 1893 at the age of 83, is buried in the cemetery. His great-grandson is Jiří Kosta (born in 1921 in Prague), a prominent scientist of the Economic Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, who, in his capacity as secretary to O. Šika, participated in the economic reforms of the 1960’s.