Jewish cemetery (Braubach)

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The Braubach Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in the town of Braubach in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The Jewish cemetery is located northeast of the city east of Emser Straße (= L 327) on a slope on the edge of the lead and silver smelter. It can be accessed via the site of the former Braubach lead and silver smelter (today: Berzelius Metall GmbH - BSB Recycling GmbH, Braubach). Visitors must report to the gate.

In the cemetery, which was probably laid out in the 17th century at the latest and occupied until 1934, there are 18 gravestones . Some of the still legible stones date from the beginning of the 18th century. In 1990 the cemetery was desecrated .

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Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 30.9 ″  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 32 ″  E