Jewish cemetery (Burghaun)

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Burghaun Jewish cemetery
Memorial stone at the Burghaun Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Burghaun , a community in the Fulda district in East Hesse , is a protected cultural monument and is located in the southern district at the end of the Ringstrasse.

history

The Jewish cemetery in Burghaun, which was established at the end of the 17th century, was a Jewish association cemetery for the Jewish communities in the old district of Hünfeld , i. H. for Hünfeld , Mackenzell , Steinbach and other places. Until 1840 the deceased from Rothenkirchen were also buried here. Around 1840 the Jewish community in Rhina established the Haunetal Jewish cemetery .

In the 93.86 ares large cemetery there are still 705 tombstones ( Mazewot ). The first burial is recorded for the year 1690 and the last took place in 1941.

Since the 1960s, a memorial stone for the victims of National Socialism has been erected at the instigation of the "Committee for the Restoration of the Israelite Cemetery in Burghaun" founded by surviving Jews . The translation of the Hebrew inscription on the stone comes from the biblical book Jeremiah from chapter 31. Verses 14 and 15 read:

Rachel cries for her children, refusing to be comforted because her children are not there. Thus says the Lord: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded. And they will return home from enemy territory.

The German inscription reads:

In the years of tyranny from 1933 to 1945, 154 Jewish people from the Hünfeld district lost their lives as a result of persecution. This memorial stone was erected as a reminder and warning.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online version ).
  • Elisabeth Sternberg-Siebert: Jewish life in the Hünstelder Land: Jews in Burghaun. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2001, ISBN 978-3-932526-14-5 .

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Burghaun)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alemannia Judaica: To the Jewish cemetery Burghaun. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Elisabeth Sternberg-Siebert: On the trail of Jewish life in the Huenfeld region. Retrieved June 25, 2013 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 32.4 "  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 24.4"  E