Jewish cemetery (Meschede)

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Gravestones in the cemetery

The Meschede Jewish cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in the town of Meschede in the Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). It is located on Beringhauser Strasse between houses 44 and 46.

There are 46 tombstones , two tombstones and a memorial on the 2,731 m² site .

There was a Jewish cemetery in Meschede as early as 1829. It is unclear whether it was in the same place as the still existing cemetery. In any case, this served as a burial place for the Jewish community before 1851 .

In the entrance area there is a memorial where commemorative events take place every year.

literature

  • Hartmut Stratmann, Günter Birkmann: Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia and Lippe. dkv, the small publishing house, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-924166-15-3 .
  • Erika Richter and pupil of the Meschede high school: Synagogue Meschede - (not) a monument? In: Jewish life in the Hochsauerlandkreis. Schmallenberg 1994, p. 431

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Meschede. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • Brief description

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 30.1 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 6 ″  E