Jewish cemetery (Aschaffenburg)

Cemetery building (Taharahaus) of the Jewish cemetery in Aschaffenburg

Jewish cemetery in Aschaffenburg

The Aschaffenburg Jewish Cemetery in the independent city of Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia has an area of ​​22.5 acres and borders the main city cemetery (Altstadtfriedhof).

history

The cemetery was built in 1890. There is a large Tahara house next to the main entrance gate . Several desecrations took place in the cemetery during the Nazi era . The cemetery was in use until 1942.

Other Jewish cemeteries

Other Jewish cemeteries in Aschaffenburg are: The Jewish district or association cemetery am Erbig , between the Aschaffenburg districts of Obernau and Schweinheim , and a new Jewish cemetery established in 1983 as part of the Aschaffenburg forest cemetery on Stockstadter Weg (there is a single grave, that of Wilhelm Jelinek and his wife) as well as a medieval cemetery that was used until around 1400 (no longer preserved).

literature

• Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Lower Franconia . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86568-071-6 , pp. 16-21. (with many photos)

Web links

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

• Aschaffenburg (Lower Franconia): The Jewish cemeteries. The Jewish cemetery of Aschaffenburg near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
• Jewish cemeteries in Bavaria: Aschaffenburg (old town cemetery). The central archive for researching the history of Jews in Germany via the Jewish cemetery in Aschaffenburg (old town cemetery)
• Jewish cemeteries in Bavaria: Aschaffenburg 1. The house of Bavarian history about the Jewish cemetery in Aschaffenburg

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jewish cemeteries in Bavaria: Aschaffenburg 2.

Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '18.2 "  N , 9 ° 8' 49.9"  E