Jewish cemetery (Rhaunen)

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The Rhaunen Jewish Cemetery is located just outside the town of Rhaunen and was laid out before 1892.

history

The cemetery was laid out before 1892. It served as a burial place for the members of the Jewish community in Rhaunen. The cemetery covers an area of ​​approx. 8.75 a and is a listed cultural monument . Two rows of graves with a total of 33 gravestones have been preserved. The oldest grave is dated April 16, 1885. During the Nazi era, the cemetery was desecrated.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rhaunen . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ Informational directory of cultural monuments (Trier-Saarburg district) (PDF) General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate. P. 33. Accessed April 7, 2020.

Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '30.7 "  N , 7 ° 20' 12.8"  E