Jewish cemetery (Hainsfarth)

Jewish cemetery in Hainsfarth

The listed Jewish cemetery in Hainsfarth in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries is located east of the village above the road to Steinhart . Before the end of the village, turn left.

history

The Jewish community of Hainsfarth first buried their dead in the Jewish cemetery in Wallerstein, four hours away . A separate cemetery was laid out in 1849/50 , and Chaia Neumann, who died on October 27, 1850, was the first to be buried. A total of 291 people were buried; the last burial took place in 1939.

There are still 272 tombstones ( mazewot ) in the 33.10 ares large cemetery .

time of the nationalsocialism

During the National Socialist era , the cemetery was partially destroyed in the November pogrom in 1938 or later. The windows of the Tahara House were broken and all furnishings were stolen.

Current condition

In 1946/47 the cemetery was partially restored and the fallen or overturned tombstones were put up again. After 1953 the coach house was restored and the Tahara house was converted into a residential area. In October 1955, the two buildings were sold to private individuals who were obliged to maintain the cemetery by means of a purchase contract.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).
• Israel Schwierz: Stone evidence of Jewish life in Bavaria. A documentation . Published by the Bavarian State Center for Political Education in Munich. Bayerische Verlags-Anstalt, Bamberg 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X , pp. 241-242.
• More than stones ... Synagogue memorial band Bavaria. Volume I . Edited by Wolfgang Kraus, Berndt Hamm and Meier Schwarz . Developed by Barbara Eberhardt and Angela Hager with the assistance of Cornelia Berger-Dittscheid, Hans Christof Haas and Frank Purrmann. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-411-3 , pp. 453-460.

Web links

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

• Hainsfarth Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• Documentation of the Jewish cemetery in Hainsfarth near Alemannia Judaica
• The Hainsfarth Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
• Jewish cemeteries in Bavaria: Hainsfarth
• The house of Bavarian history about the Jewish fallen soldiers of the First World War on the war memorial in Hainsfarth

Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 43 "  N , 10 ° 37 ′ 47"  E