Jewish cemetery (Burgschwalbach)

Jewish cemetery Burgschwalbach (2017)

The Burgschwalbach Jewish Cemetery in the municipality of Burgschwalbach in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate is a protected cultural monument .

The Jewish cemetery is located approx. 500 m northwest of the town center near Spruce Schonungen on a meadow at the edge of the forest.

83 gravestones have been preserved in the 2596 m² cemetery, which was occupied from the beginning of the 19th century until 1936 . The cemetery served the Jews from Hahnstätten , Balduinstein , Holzhausen via Aar , Kettenbach , Oberneisen and Rückershausen as a burial place.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Burgschwalbach # Monument zones

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jewish cemetery Burgschwalbach near Alemannia Judaica (with 85 photos)
• Burgschwalbach Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 21.7 "  N , 8 ° 4 ′ 41.5"  E