Jewish cemetery (Worms-Herrnsheim)
The Jewish cemetery Worms-Herrnsheim is a Jewish cemetery in the Herrnsheim district of Worms with around 200 preserved tombstones ( Mazewot ) from the beginning of the 18th century to 1934. It is located north of the district on the road to Abenheim and is a protected cultural monument .
history
In dalbergischen Herrnsheim since the early 18th century was a small Jewish community , which reached in 1830 with about 50 members of its largest extent. After that, the community quickly lost a large part of its members through emigration and emigration, so that shortly after 1840 it initially became a subsidiary of the Worms Jewish community before it was completely dissolved in 1853. The few remaining Jews were then assigned to the Osthofen community.
The Jewish cemetery in Herrnsheim was built around the same time as the community. It was still used after the community was dissolved, the last burial took place in 1934. In addition to the Herrnsheim Jews, Jews from Leiselheim were probably also buried here before 1832 , after which they used the Jewish cemetery in Pfeddersheim .
description
The cemetery, surrounded by vineyards, encompasses a rectangular plot of 3.157 m², which is closed off on the west side by a wall with an access gate. It is divided into two parts, the eastern older area, which is almost completely covered with graves, and the slightly higher western newer area, on the large extension of which there are only two rows of graves with graves from the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Most of the approximately 200 tombstones date from the 19th century, in the older part there are some baroque stones (among others from 1721/22), in the newer a few stones from the 20th century.
Today the cemetery belongs to the Jewish community of Mainz.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ 38.1 ″ N , 8 ° 19 ′ 33.1 ″ E