Jewish cemetery (Ermetzhofen)

Jewish cemetery in Ermetzhofen

The Jewish cemetery in Ermetzhofen is a Jewish burial place in the Bavarian town of Ermetzhofen , a district of Ergersheim in the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district in Central Franconia .

The 43.3 ares large cemetery is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Ermetzhofen.

history

The cemetery was laid out in 1564 and expanded in 1777. The cemetery was an association cemetery for deceased Jews from the Jewish communities of Burgbernheim , Ermetzhofen, Gnodstadt , Uffenheim and Welbhausen .

In 1926 the cemetery was desecrated; Furthermore, gravestones were used to build a road to Obermühl during the Nazi era . In 1959 the cemetery was restored as best it could.

There are still around 400 tombstones left in the cemetery. The two oldest stones are from 1791 and 1794, the youngest from 1936. Contrary to the Jewish tradition, which provides for a simple tombstone design, most of the tombs are in the neoclassical and neo-Gothic style.

literature

• Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Middle and Upper Franconia. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-572-8 , pp. 78-81. (with many photos)

Web links

• The Jewish cemetery of Ermetzhofen near Alemannia Judaica
• The Jewish cemetery in Ermetzhofen at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
• The Jewish cemetery in Ermetzhofen near the House of Bavarian History

Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 3.3 ″  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 44 ″  E