Jewish cemetery (Grossen-Linden)

Entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Grossen-Linden

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The Jewish cemetery in Großen-Linden , a district of Linden in the district of Gießen in Hesse , was laid out in 1637. The Jewish cemetery in Luhweg is a protected cultural monument .

The cemetery was originally the burial place for up to 22 Jewish communities : Garbenteich , Gießen (until the 19th century), Heuchelheim , Kirchgöns , Krofdorf , Langgöns , Pohl-Göns , Steinbach , Steinberg , Watzenborn and other places.

The oldest legible gravestones date from 1712. The cemetery property consisted of three parts of different ages. In 1938, as part of the land consolidation, a path was laid through the cemetery grounds, so that the cemetery was divided into two parts. Today around 90 tombstones are still preserved.

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tombs of the Great Linden Jewish Cemetery .  Jewish graves in Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Great Linden Jewish Cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• Jewish cemeteries in Linden near the community of Linden (accessed on February 25, 2016)

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '58.5 "  N , 8 ° 38' 54.9"  E