Jewish cemetery (Birstein)

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The Jewish cemetery Birstein is a cemetery in the municipality of Birstein in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse .

investment

The 4426 m² Jewish cemetery is on the street / Weg Zehntefeld. There are 432 tombstones from the years 1740 to 1936. The inscriptions are almost exclusively in Hebrew, which is taken as an indication of an Orthodox community .

In addition to the Jewish residents of Birstein, Jews from Unterreichenbach , Hellstein , Lichenroth , Kirchbracht , Fischborn and Schlierbach were also buried in the cemetery.

literature

  • Paul Arnsberg : The Jewish communities in Hesse. Beginning - fall - new beginning. Volume I. Published by the regional association of Jewish communities in Hesse, Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt 1972, ISBN 3-7973-0213-4 , p. 81f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Arnsberg 1972, p. 82.

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 12 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 55 ″  E