Jewish cemeteries in Regensburg

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There are three Jewish cemeteries in the Bavarian city ​​of Regensburg documented.

Medieval cemetery

Jewish gravestone at Emmeramsplatz (see Judaism in Regensburg # Expulsion 1519 )

The medieval cemetery is located on Ernst-Reuter-Platz north of the train station near Keplermonument and Maximilianstrasse . It was discovered during excavations in 2009 . Originally there were around 4,200 gravestones in the cemetery . 60 gravestones (so-called "Judensteine") were still found, they were built in different places. There are 3 tombstones today in Kelheim at Donaustraße 16 and at the so-called Klösterl.

history

The cemetery was occupied from 1210 to 1519. The dead of Jewish communities from the wide area (including Munich ) were also buried here.

The property "Emmeramer Breitn" was acquired in 1210. In 1519 the cemetery was razed to the ground in the course of the expulsion ; the tombstones were walled up in other places.

Old graveyard

Beth Tahara in the old Jewish cemetery on Schillerstrasse
Old Jewish Cemetery on Schillerstrasse (2006)

There are around 900 tombstones in the cemetery, which is located at Schillerstraße 29 .

history

The cemetery was occupied from 1822 to 1999. In the early years, the tombstones faced north in an unusual way. This was probably intended to prevent strayers from the nearby firing range from destroying the front of the stones.

Until 1822, burials took place in the cemeteries in the neighboring towns of Fürth , Georgensgmünd , Pappenheim , Schnaittach , Wallerstein , Sulzbach and Sulzbürg .

The cemetery was expanded in 1867, 1869 and 1923, and it was repaired in the 1980s. The cemetery was desecrated in 1924, 1927, 1941, 1972 and 2002.

New cemetery

The so-called New Cemetery is a section of the municipal Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof on Steinweg. This area has been occupied since 1999.

See also

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Regensburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files