Jewish cemetery (Rheine, Lingener Strasse)

Memorial plaque on the 2nd Jewish cemetery in Rheine

The Jewish cemetery in Rheine, Lingener Straße, also known as the Old Jewish Cemetery , is located in the town of Rheine in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia . As a Jewish cemetery , it is an architectural monument . 65 gravestones have been preserved in the cemetery on Lingener Strasse .

history

The cemetery was occupied from 1839 to 1934. In the cemetery there are six old tombstones from the previous cemetery (Am Mühlentörchen), which was occupied from 1747 to 1838 and on which there are no more tombstones today. This cemetery was expropriated and resold in 1938 .

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Rheine (monument number 166: Old Jewish Cemetery )

Web links

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

• Rheine (Lingener Strasse) In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rheine (Am Mühlentörchen) In: overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia.

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 2.8 "  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 23.6"  E