Jewish cemetery (Gemünden, Westerwaldkreis)

Jewish cemetery Gemünden (2015)

The Jewish cemetery Gemünden is a cemetery in the local community Gemünden in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The Jewish cemetery is located on the northern outskirts in the forest area on the Kahlenberg near the road to Winnen (= K 52). It has been a listed building since 1991 .

The 1215 m² fenced cemetery, which was laid out at the end of the 19th century and occupied from 1891 to 1912 and then again in 1923, has 19 gravestones . In 1932 the cemetery was desecrated : of the 19 tombs located there, 12 were overturned and three inscription plates were destroyed.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Gemünden (Westerwald) #Monument zones

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Gemünden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jewish cemetery Gemünden (Westerwald) near Alemannia Judaica (with 14 photos)
• Jewish cemetery Gemünden (Westerwald) at the central archive for researching the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 50 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 54 ″  E