Jewish cemetery (Dirmerzheim)

Partial view

The Dirmerzheim Jewish cemetery is located in the Dirmerzheim district of Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The smallest Jewish cemetery in the Rhein-Erft district with an area of around 50 m ^{2 was occupied} from 1854 to 1870. Numerous stones have disappeared, today only three gravestones ( mazewot ) remain:

the double stone for Ester Müller (1812–1870) and Jonas Platz (1812–1854); weathered and sunken.
the stone for Sophia Rosen (1800–1858) and Jacob Nathan Klein.

The cemetery is on Brückenstraße opposite the sports field on the driveway to a bridge and can hardly be found. It is designed as a small green area and is not fenced. There are two tombstones on the right side of the complex, the third is on the left. The cemetery is right next to a bungalow . Like all Jewish cemeteries in the urban area of the city of Erftstadt, the cemetery is owned by the Cologne Synagogue Community , and the city of Erftstadt is responsible for maintaining the cemeteries.

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c Dieter Peters: Jewish cemeteries between the Rhine and Maas, grave inscriptions. Genealogical data from Jewish cemeteries in the former Rhine province and in the Dutch province of Limburg. MOSAIK Familienkundliche Vereinigung für das Klever Land eV, Kleve 1993; Pp. 168-169.
^ "Erftstadt - districts of Erp, Dirmerzheim and Liblar" in Elfi splendor : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I. Cologne district . Cologne 1997 (Contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland, vol. 34.1), ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , p. 188.

Web links

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

Dirmerzheim Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

50.826447 6.771226Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 35.2 " N , 6 ° 46 ′ 16.4" E

[Peters-1] Dieter Peters: Jewish cemeteries between the Rhine and Maas, grave inscriptions. Genealogical data from Jewish cemeteries in the former Rhine province and in the Dutch province of Limburg. MOSAIK Familienkundliche Vereinigung für das Klever Land eV, Kleve 1993; Pp. 168-169.

[Pracht-2] "Erftstadt - districts of Erp, Dirmerzheim and Liblar" in Elfi splendor : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I. Cologne district . Cologne 1997 (Contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland, vol. 34.1), ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , p. 188.