Jewish cemetery (Selters)

Selters Jewish Cemetery (2020)

The Jewish cemetery Selters is a cemetery in the local community Selters in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It was also occupied by surrounding communities (including Mogendorf ).

The Jewish cemetery is located south of the village on a wooded hill in the so-called "Hahn Forest" between the state roads L 304 and L 267 and can be reached via the Wachtweg. In 1991 it was placed under monument protection.

The 3360 m² cemetery, which was laid out in the mid-19th century and occupied between 1870 and 1938, has around 115 tombstones . In 1994 the cemetery was desecrated . 25 tombstones were overturned and the inscriptions on three stones were destroyed.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Selters (Westerwald) #Monument zones
• Selters Jewish community

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Selters, Westerwald)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Selters Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica (with 22 photos)
• Selters Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '25 "  N , 7 ° 45' 6.5"  E