Jewish cemetery (Eckartshausen)

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The Eckartshausen Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in Eckartshausen , a district of Büdingen in the Wetterau district in Hesse .

The 1844 m² Jewish cemetery is located southwest of the village on the northern edge of the forest. There are 87 tombstones on it .

history

The cemetery was laid out in the first half of the 19th century. It was expanded in 1877/78. It was also the burial place for the Jewish communities in Altwiedermus , Langen-Bergheim and Himbach . 18 gravestones date from 1849 to 1863, the remaining 69 from the period from 1863.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 1 ′ 11 ″  E