Jewish cemetery (Ansbach)

View of the cemetery

The Ansbach Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish burial site in Ansbach , Bavaria , the seat of the government and the district administration of Middle Franconia .

Of the original 561 gravestones in the 39.90 ares large cemetery, 117 are still preserved.

history

The town's Jewish cemetery was established in 1816. Before that, Jews from Ansbach, who had been living since the 14th century (possibly also since the 13th century), were buried in the cemetery in Bechhofen . In 1896 the cemetery was expanded.

In 1927, 1932 and 1938 the cemetery was the target of desecrations; In 1944, the Tahara House , which was badly damaged during the so-called Reichskristallnacht, had to be demolished.

The last burial in the cemetery was that of Jankel Warzager in 1949.

The 117 remaining tombstones ( mazewot ) of the cemetery were only restored after the end of the Second World War . Of these 117 tombstones, twelve have only base or base foundation remains. According to a historical photograph, some tombstones were originally facing west.

literature

• Nathanja Hüttenmeister: The Jewish cemetery in Ansbach (= Franconia Judaica. Volume 2). Ergon, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89913-786-6 .
• Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Middle and Upper Franconia. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-572-8 , pp. 10-13. (with many photos)

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Ansbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Jewish cemetery in Ansbach near Alemannia Judaica
• The Jewish cemetery in Ansbach at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
• The Jewish cemetery in Ansbach near the House of Bavarian History
• Ansbach Jewish Cemetery (1829-1949 / 122 entries) of the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute

Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 40.4 "  N , 10 ° 34 ′ 14"  E