Jewish cemetery (Sélestat)

Jewish cemetery in Sélestat

The Jewish cemetery in Sélestat , a French town in the Bas-Rhin department of the Grand Est region , was laid out in the 17th century. The Jewish cemetery on Rue du Cimetière-Israélite has been protected as a Monument historique since 1995 .

history

In 1662 the Jews in Schlettstadt and the surrounding area were given a grass and tree garden as a cemetery by the City Council of Schlettstadt. According to an entry in a council report from 1654, there was a Jewish burial place on the property as early as the early 1920s. The oldest preserved tombstones ( Mazewot ) are from the years 1699 to 1714. The cemetery is still occupied today.

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 ).
• Jean Daltroff: La route du judaïsme en Alsace . ID-L'Édition, 2nd edition, Bernardswiller 2010, ISBN 2-915626-02-2 , pp. 90-91.

Web links

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

• Sélestat Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
• Günter Boll: The oldest epitaphs of the Jewish cemetery near Schlettstadt (1699–1714)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cimetière juif Sélestat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 31 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 16 ″  E