Jewish cemetery (Sulzbürg)

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Gate construction of the Jewish cemetery Sulzbürg from 1905 ('ת'ר'ס'ה)

The Jewish cemetery in Sulzbürg, which is today part of the community Mühlhausen / Sulz in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt , was built in the 15th century. It served the Sulzbürger Jewish community as a burial place for around 500 years and is now a protected monument.

Description and historical overview

The Jewish cemetery was laid out around 1435. The Engelgasse in the village leads directly to him. Its area of ​​3700 m² is divided into three grave fields. The oldest part is on uneven, rocky terrain. In 1855 and 1905 the cemetery was greatly expanded. One reason for this was that members of affiliated congregations were also buried in the Sulzbürg association cemetery responsible for them , for example members of the nearby Neumarkt Jewish congregation until 1879.

In the center of the map section is the Jewish cemetery in 1830, before the expansion in 1855,
the building number 62 highlighted in red is the synagogue at that time

The first documented funeral took place in 1632. In 1644 the cemetery was probably destroyed during the Swedish invasion because of its proximity to the fortifications of Untersulzbürg Castle. The oldest documented, but lost, tombstone dates from 1647, the oldest that has survived is from 1656. The last burial took place on April 27, 1938.

In November 1938, the cemetery was desecrated, then neglected and finally closed. In 1945 Sulzbürger residents had to erect gravestones again. In 1958 the cemetery was restored and made accessible to the public and a new enclosure wall was built. Comprehensive conservation measures were carried out in 2009 according to a concept drawn up between 2003 and 2008 by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments together with the Munich Jewish Community and local authorities. This made it possible to identify the inscriptions for around 320 Sulzburger men, women and children on tombstones that were partly very weathered.

The inscription on the tombstone from 1656, rhymed in the original Hebrew, is an example of the piety, erudition and liveliness of the then Sulzbürger Jewish community:

“Here is hidden Abraham, the son of the Lord, Mr. Josef Schnaittach, his memory be a blessing, Sulzbürg.
'And Abraham planted a tamarisk' on Mount Zion for those who pass through and turn around; it will endure in the resuscitation of lovers (or: the beloved). God took him 'under the wings of the Kerubim'. 5th day, Nisan 12, 416. As a righteous man to the life of eternity, let them be inscribed. Let his soul be bound in the bundle of life. "

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Petzet and Sixtus Lampl : Monuments in Bavaria . Vol. 3, Oberpfalz, Munich 1986, p. 154
  2. ^ Press article from the Fränkische Landeszeitung Ansbach from June 28, 2007 , accessed on January 24, 2010
  3. ^ Text in the Bavarian list of monuments, new version: "Jewish cemetery, with gate construction, bez. 1905, and enclosure, created around 1435, extensions in 1885 and 1905; with numerous Jewish tombs. "
  4. ↑ a b Magnus Weinberg: History of the Jews in the Upper Palatinate. IV Sulzbuerg . Munich 1927, p. 6f
  5. ↑ a b c Edgar Pielmeier and Heide Inhetveen: Here is hidden. Impressions from the Sulzbürg Jewish Cemetery . Neumarkt / Oberpfalz 2009, p. 12
  6. ↑ Gravestones tell of Jewish life in the Landl Report of the Neumarkter Nachrichten of November 12, 2009, accessed on January 2, 2018
  7. ^ About the funeral of the Neumarkt parishioners on Alemannia Judaica , accessed on January 23, 2010
  8. ^ Photo of the former synagogue , on Alemannia Judaica, accessed on January 24, 2010
  9. ^ Report in the Neumarkter Nachrichten of November 30, 2009 , accessed on January 2, 2018
  10. ^ Translation by Andreas Angerstorfer , commentary by Heide Inhetveen. In: Edgar Pielmeier and Heide Inhetveen: Here is hidden. Impressions from the Sulzbürg Jewish Cemetery . Neumarkt / Oberpfalz 2009, p. 74
  11. ↑ Title, overview, content, read online and download as PDF file, 2.62 MB, Friedhof p. 6f , accessed on January 27, 2010

Web links

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Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 54.6 "  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 52.7"  E