Jewish cemetery (Ergste)
The Ergste Jewish Cemetery is located in Ergste , a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Schwerte , and is a listed building .
It is located on Sembergweg and is part of the municipal cemetery. From 1873 to 1934 it served as a burial place for the Jewish community .
Before 1873 the deceased were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Hennen .
On the 853 m² area there are 13 gravestones with German inscriptions in their original position.
literature
- Hartmut Stratmann, Günter Birkmann: Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia and Lippe. dkv, the small publishing house, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-924166-15-3 .
Web links
Commons : Jewish Cemetery - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Ergste. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia.
Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 40.5 ″ N , 7 ° 34 ′ 47.5 ″ E