Jewish cemetery (Binningen)

The Binningen Jewish cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Binningen , a local community in the Kaisersesch association in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

location

The burial place is on the eastern outskirts of Binningen on Rosenthaler Weg.

history

In the 19th century, Binningen was home to the largest Jewish community in what is now the Cochem-Zell district. The highest level was reached in 1817 with 24% of the village population. The size of the congregation was 50 in 1808, 80 in 1817, 43 in 1885, 25 in 1925 and 18 in 1932. The Jewish community of Binningen also included the Jews in Brohl , Durfus , Forst , Kaifenheim , Karden , Wirfus , Gamlen , Hambuch , Möntenich , Moselkern , Müden and Roes . The synagogue , which had existed for some time, was expanded in 1841. The building was damaged in 1938 and converted into a residential building after the war.

The cemetery also served as a union cemetery for the Jews of the surrounding villages. Burials were carried out here until 1941; the oldest of the 90 preserved tombstones ( Mazewot ) is from 1855. The cemetery was desecrated several times, even after 1945.

literature

• Ursula Reuter: Jewish communities from the early 19th to the beginning of the 21st century . Bonn 2007, p. 29 ( Historical Atlas of the Rhineland , VIII.8), ISBN 978-3-7749-3524-2 .

Web links

• To the Jewish cemetery in Binningen near Alemannia Judaica
• Entry on the Jewish cemetery Rosenthaler Weg in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 20.5 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 23.3 ″  E