Jewish cemetery (Ballenstedt)

Entrance to the Ballenstedt Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish cemetery Ballenstedt is a cemetery in the town of Ballenstedt in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt . It is a protected cultural monument .

The Jewish cemetery is at the exit of the village on the road to Hoym . The gravestones that were preserved were placed on the surrounding wall . A memorial stone in the cemetery is to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Shoah . The entrance gate bears a Star of David .

history

The cemetery was laid out around 1790. It survived the Nazi era undamaged, but fell into disrepair after 1945. It has been a memorial site since the 1980s. A memorial stone was placed in the middle of the cemetery. In 1997 the cemetery was reconstructed.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Ballenstedt (No. 094 50286)

Web links

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

• Ballenstedt Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica (with six photos)
• Ballenstedt (Saxony-Anhalt) on jewische-gemeinden.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 37 ″  N , 11 ° 15 ′ 2 ″  E