Jewish cemetery (Rhens)

Information board at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Rhens

Jewish cemetery in Rhens

The Rhens Jewish cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Rhens , a town in the Mayen-Koblenz district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). The cemetery is a protected cultural monument and is located on the Lützelforst between Rhens and Waldesch .

history

The Jewish community of Rhens laid out its own cemetery in the middle of the 19th century. The oldest surviving tombstone is from 1864 (Abraham Mayer), the youngest from 1932 (Susanne Mandel). There are still 34 tombstones ( mazewot ) in the 51.58 ares large cemetery .

The cemetery was desecrated during the National Socialist era , as well as in 1947 and 1992.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online version ).
• Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: Synagogues Rhineland-Palatinate - Saarland. "... and this is the gate of heaven" (= memorial book of the synagogues in Germany. 2). Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate, State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , p. 322.

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Rhens  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jewish cemetery Rhens near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
• Jewish cemetery Rhens at the central archive for researching the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 22.9 ″  E