Jewish cemetery (Meschede)
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