Jewish cemetery (Endeich)

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Jewish cemetery in Endeich
Gravestone in the Jewish cemetery in Endeich

The Jewish cemetery endsich is a Jewish cemetery in endsich , a district of Bonn ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The cemetery is located at the grove street in a development area and stands as a monument under monument protection .

history

On February 23, 1861, the royal government in Cologne approved the creation of a Jewish cemetery for the Jewish community in Poppelsdorf , which was built far outside in what is now Hainstrasse in Endenich. In 1877 it was expanded and now had an area of ​​766 . Today there are still about 90 tombstones ( mazewot ). The last burial took place in 2000.

As early as 1896, the Jewish cemetery was desecrated and most of the gravestones were knocked over, and many of them broke. Further desecrations took place during the time of National Socialism .

literature

  • Elfi Pracht : 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. 485.

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Endenich  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. List of monuments of the city of Bonn (as of March 15, 2019), p. 23, number A 518

Coordinates: 50 ° 43 '15.8 "  N , 7 ° 4' 3.7"  E