Jewish cemetery (Eitorf)

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The Jewish cemetery in Eitorf
Inauguration of the memorial stele

The Eitorf Jewish cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Eitorf , a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district in southern North Rhine-Westphalia . In 1983 the Am Ersfeld cemetery was placed under monument protection and in 1988 it was added to the list of historical parks worthy of preservation. On November 2, 2008, a memorial stele was erected in the Jewish cemetery.

history

The dead of the Jewish community of Eitorf were initially buried in the Jewish cemetery in Geistingen . The Jewish cemetery in Eitorf was laid out in 1918 and donated by Jakob Simon. The founder and his wife Julie were the first to be buried in the 920 m² cemetery. Today there are still eight tombstones ( mazewot ).

literature

  • Elfi Pracht-Jörns : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part 1: Cologne district (= contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland 34, 1). Bachem, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , pp. 520-523.
  • Karl Schröder: The Jews in the communities of Eitorf and Ruppichteroth (= publication of the history and antiquity association for Siegburg and the Rhein-Sieg district 11, ZDB -ID 219032-1 ). History and Antiquity Association for Siegburg and the Rhein-Sieg District, Siegburg 1974 [not evaluated].

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unveiling of the memorial stele on November 2nd, 2008 ( memento of the original of August 12th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stolpersteine-eitorf.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 11.8 "  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 43.2"  E