Jewish cemetery (Angenrod)

Jewish cemetery in Angenrod

Tombstone

The Jewish cemetery in Angenrod , a district of Alsfeld in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse , was built in the middle of the 18th century. The Jewish cemetery , located in Gewann Am Gerhardsgarten on the outskirts, is a protected monument .

history

The Jewish cemetery in Angenrod was built in the middle of the 18th century as a burial place for Jews from Alsfeld, Grebenau , Leusel , Ober-Gleen and Romrod . The entrance gate was rebuilt in 1897 on the basis of a donation from Regine Brill from New York . During the Nazi era , the cemetery was reduced by over half of its original area. Today the cemetery is 14.39 ares in size. The oldest gravestone is from 1842, the last burial was 1940 (Sally Abt). According to Ingfried Stahl, 201 tombstones ( Mazewot ) are still available today.

literature

• Ingfried Stahl: The Israelitische Religionsgemeinde Angenrod . Alsfeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-927284-43-2 . (Announcements from the Alsfeld History and Museum Association, issue 1, June 2007)
• Peer Zietz: City of Alsfeld. Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1724-6 , pp. 215-216. ( Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse ).

Web links

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

• Angenrod Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Hrsg.): Jewish cemetery (Angenrod) In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen

Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 43 "  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 6.9"  E