Jewish cemetery (Ahaus)

The Ahaus Jewish cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in the town of Ahaus in the Borken district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is on Wessumer Strasse. At that time this area was called "before the new gate" (windmill gate).

Jewish cemetery in Ahaus

On the 741 m² site there are 58 gravestones with inscriptions, some of which are still legible. The oldest is from 1844, the youngest from 1937. In 1940 two more funerals took place. Gravestones were no longer placed at this point.

From 1822 to 1941 the cemetery served as a burial place for the Jewish community .

literature

• Hartmut Stratmann, Günter Birkmann: Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia and Lippe. dkv, the small publishing house, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-924166-15-3 .
• Nathanja Hüttenmeister : Ahaus Jewish Cemetery. Edited by the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute , Duisburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-9807566-6-2 .

Web links

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

• Ahaus. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia.
• Digital edition: Ahaus Jewish cemetery (1844-1937 / 57 inscriptions) of the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Steinheim Institute

Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 38.9 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 16.1 ″  E