Jewish cemetery (Ermershausen)

The Jewish cemetery Ermershausen in Lower Franconia Ermershausen , a municipality in the district of Haßberge , located southeast of Ermershausen, near the B 279 between Ermershausen and Maroldsweisach .

Jewish cemetery in Ermershausen

According to a current count, there are 226 tombstones ( mazewot ) on the 31.40 ares large cemetery .

history

In the cemetery, which was inaugurated in 1830, not only the deceased Jews from Ermershausen but also those from Maroldsweisach were buried. Before that, deceased Jews from Ermershausen and half of Maroldsweisach were buried in the Jewish cemetery of Ebern . The other half of the Jewish deceased in Maroldsweisach were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Kleinsteinach , where they had done their shopping.

The grave of Karolina "Lina" Kissinger, b. Zeilberger (1863–1906), grandmother of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger .

literature

• Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Lower Franconia . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2010, pp. 48–51, ISBN 978-3-86568-071-6 (with many photos).
• Ermershausen community (ed.): 950 years of Ermershausen 1049-1999; Chronicle of the community of Ermershausen . Ermershausen, 1999.

Web links

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

• [1] The Jewish cemetery of Ermershausen near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
• [2] The central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany via the Jewish cemetery in Ermershausen
• [3] The House of Bavarian History on the Jewish cemetery in Ermershausen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ When the "cuddlers" were still active. In: np-coburg.de. Retrieved May 14, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 13.6 ″  N , 10 ° 38 ′ 15.1 ″  E