Jewish cemetery (Kirchberg)
The Jewish cemetery Kirchberg is a burial place for Jews in Kirchberg , a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). The Jewish cemetery is a protected cultural monument and is located on Metzenhausener Straße.
history
The Jewish community in Kirchberg set up its own cemetery before 1830. It has an area of about 25.00 acres . Today there are still 67 tombstones ( Mazewot ).
The last burial took place in 1937. The grandchildren of one of the people buried there erected a tombstone after 1945 with the following inscription:
“This is where the last witness of a more than 600 year old Jewish community in Kirchberg rests. Johannette Gerson, b. Isak. 8.7.1846 - 23.9.1937. This tomb is erected by the grandchildren in honor of all former members of the Kirchberg Jewish community who fell victim to Nazi persecution. "
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).
- Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: "... and this is the gate of heaven". Synagogues of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (= memorial book of synagogues in Germany. Vol. 2). Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate , State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , pp. 234-235.
Web links
- Jewish cemetery Kirchberg at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
- Kirchberg Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '34.7 " N , 7 ° 24' 1.6" E