Jewish cemetery (Gemen)

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Jewish cemetery in Borken-Gemen

The Jewish cemetery Gemen is located in Gemen , a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Borken in the Borken district . It is located on the corner of Landwehr and Otto-Hahn-Strasse and is 539 m² in size.

The Jewish cemetery was already in use before 1810. Of the 35 existing tombstones , the most recent are from 1912/13.

During a desecration in December 1999, 14 tombstones were knocked over and broken.

literature

  • Hartmut Stratmann, Günter Birkmann: Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia and Lippe. dkv, the small publishing house, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-924166-15-3 .

Web links

  • Gemen. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia.

Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 25.7 "  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 34.5"  E