Jewish cemetery (Bad Sobernheim)

The Bad Sobernheim Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in the town of Bad Sobernheim in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The Jewish cemetery is “Auf dem Domberg”, the oldest part probably on the middle wall of the complex. With an area of ​​6979 m², it is the second largest in the Bad Kreuznach district.

There are around 140 tombstones in the cemetery . The first burial probably took place before 1800. In 1856 the cemetery was expanded. The last burial took place in 1941.

Until 1983 the cemetery was devastated several times, in 1997 it was desecrated.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Bad Sobernheim # Bad Sobernheim

literature

• Maren Heyne: Quiet gardens - eloquent stones. Jewish cemeteries in the Rhineland. Bonn 1994, pp. 132–135 (photos, etc.)
• Jewish graves in the Bad Kreuznach district. History and design. Part 1. A documentation of the Bad Kreuznach district administration and the Rhineland-Palatinate Pedagogical Center. In: Heimatkundliche Schriftenreihe des Landkreises Bad Kreuznach Volume 28. Bad Kreuznach District Administration (ed.), Bad Kreuznach 1995, pp. 427–456

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 13.6 "  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 48.7"  E