Jewish cemetery (Heidingsfeld)

The locked entrance area

The Jewish cemetery Heidingsfeld is located in Heidingsfeld , a district of the independent city of Würzburg in the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Franconia .

Another Jewish cemetery in Würzburg is the Jewish cemetery in the Grombühl district .

history

The first known documentary mention of the Jewish community in Heidingsfeld comes from the year 1298. However, Heidingsfeld only became a religious center in the early 18th century when it became the seat of the chief rabbi of Lower Franconia. The cemetery itself was laid out in 1811. The Jewish community of Heidingsfeld existed until September 22, 1942, and around this time the last burial took place in the cemetery.

Location and characterization

The cemetery is in the south of Heidingsfeld and has a size of about 56 ares . In its vicinity there is a train station, a motorway bridge and a cell phone system.

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  Cemetery wall

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  View over the wall

literature

• Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Lower Franconia . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2010, pp. 64–69, ISBN 978-3-86568-071-6 (with many photos)

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jewish cemetery of Heidingsfeld near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
• Digital edition: Jewish cemetery Würzburg-Heidingsfeld (1810−1927 / 156 inscriptions) of the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute
• Heidingsfeld Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
• Heidingsfeld's Jewish cemetery near the House of Bavarian History

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 48.1 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 35.2 ″  E