Jewish cemetery (Kirn)

Jewish cemetery in Kirn

The Jüdische Friedhof Kirn is a Jewish cemetery in Kirn , a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located right next to the communal cemetery. The Jewish cemetery is a cultural monument worthy of protection .

history

A Jewish cemetery in Kirn is already mentioned in 1555, the location of which can be traced back to the old field names Auf'm Judenfriedhof , "Judenfriedhof vor Kellenport" (ie in front of the gate towards Kallenfels on today's Kallenfelser Strasse) on the grounds of the Kirner private brewery . Nothing has been preserved from him.

In 1870 a new cemetery was created next to the Christian cemetery on the Schanze , but outside its fence, which was expanded in 1915. 54 tombstones ( mazewot ) are still present in the 10.00 ares large cemetery .

The cemetery was devastated during the National Socialism . Also in the 1990s the cemetery was desecrated several times.

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 in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . 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 , ( Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany 2), pp. 211–212.

Web links

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

• Kirn Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• Jewish cemetery in Kirn at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 28.5 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 18 ″  E