Jewish cemetery (Alsenz)

Jewish Cemetery
Alsenz Jewish cemetery
Data
place	Alsenz
Construction year	Early 18th century
Floor space	920 m²
Coordinates	49 ° 43 '10.9 "  N , 7 ° 48' 40.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '10.9 "  N , 7 ° 48' 40.8"  E

The Jewish cemetery Alsenz is a Jewish cemetery in Alsenz , a local community in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate , which was established at the beginning of the 18th century. It is located on Bergstrasse and is a cultural monument that is worth protecting .

history

The Jewish cemetery in Alsenz was laid out at the beginning of the 18th century. The first burial took place in 1710 and the last in 1963. The 9.20 ares large cemetery was expanded in 1905.

Today there are still 121 tombstones in the Jewish cemetery .

See also

• Synagogue (Alsenz)

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).
• Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: Synagogues Rhineland-Palatinate - Saarland. "... and this is the gate of heaven" (= memorial book of the synagogues in Germany. 2). Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate, State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , pp. 69-72.

Web links

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

• Alsenz Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• Jewish cemetery Alsenz at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany