Jewish cemetery (Wölfersheim)

Wölfersheim Jewish cemetery

Notice at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Wölfersheim

The Wölfersheim Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Wölfersheim , a municipality in the Wetterau district in Hesse . The cemetery is a protected cultural monument and is located northeast of the village on the road to Hungen .

history

The cemetery of the Jewish community of Wölfersheim was also used as a burial place for Jews from neighboring places such as Melbach and Obbornhofen . The last funeral took place in 1922 (Jettchen Rossmann, * 1857).

In Wölfersheim there are two cemetery plots with an area of ​​15.61 and 2.04  acres . The oldest tombstone ( Mazewot ) is from 1729, there are still 36 tombstones in total.

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 .

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Wölfersheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• To the Jewish cemetery in Wölfersheim near Alemannia Judaica
• Graves of the Jewish cemetery in Wölfersheim .  In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 6.5 ″  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 4.7 ″  E