Jewish cemetery (Könen)

Entrance gate and cemetery area

Graveyard area with rebuilt tombstones

The Jewish cemetery in Könen , a district of Konz on the Moselle in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was laid out in the middle of the 19th century. The Jewish cemetery , which is located above Reiniger Straße No. 5, is a protected cultural monument .

Until the cemetery was established, the dead of the Jewish community in Könen were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Freudenburg .

The cemetery was occupied from 1855 to 1935. Fifteen tombstones from the first third of the 20th century have been preserved in the small, enclosed complex .

During the time of National Socialism , the cemetery was probably partially cleared. The tombstones that still exist today survived in the chicken coop in the neighboring house.

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Könen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jewish cemetery Könen near Alemannia Judaica (with photos)
• Jewish cemetery in Könen at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 51 ″  N , 6 ° 33 ′ 13 ″  E