Jewish cemetery (Ettendorf)

Ettendorf Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Ettendorf , a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Grand Est region , was probably laid out in the 15th century. The Jewish cemetery is about 500 meters north of the village on a slope. It has been protected as a Monument historique since 1995 .

history

The occupancy of the Jewish cemetery in Ettendorf has been documented since the 16th century. More than 1,300 graves can be seen in the 3.7 hectare cemetery. The oldest gravestones date from the 16th and 17th centuries. The dead of many Jewish communities in the wide area were buried in the cemetery. In 1875 there were still 24 Jewish communities using the cemetery.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online version ).
• Jean Daltroff: La route du judaïsme en Alsace . ID-L'Édition, 2nd edition, Bernardswiller 2010, ISBN 2-915626-02-2 , pp. 83-84.

Web links

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

• Ettendorf Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cimetière juif Ettendorf in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 11.6 "  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 53.5"  E