Jewish cemetery (Hehlen)

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The Hehlen Jewish cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in the Lower Saxony municipality of Hehlen ( joint municipality of Bodenwerder-Polle ) in the Holzminden district . It is a protected cultural monument .

The 198 m² cemetery , which was rebuilt in 1740, is located on the small railway outside the village on the steep slope of the Weser . There are 21 tombstones on it . The oldest is from 1828, the youngest from 1907. The last funeral also took place in that year. The cemetery was destroyed in 1938. It was later restored.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 2.4 ″  N , 9 ° 27 ′ 41.2 ″  E