Jewish cemetery (Kirchheimbolanden)

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The Jewish forest cemetery in the "Judental" near Kirchheimbolanden (2011)

The Jewish cemetery Kirchheimbolanden is a cemetery in Kirchheimbolanden , a town in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The 4260 m² Jewish cemetery is located about one and a half kilometers west of the city in Judental in the middle of the forest on the extension of the Am Birkental street . It was already in use before 1782 until 1939. In 1845 it was expanded. According to other sources, it was only opened in 1843.

There are around 200 tombstones .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jewish cemetery Kirchheimbolanden at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
  2. ^ Jewish cemetery in Kirchheimbolanden near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ 55.2 ″  N , 7 ° 59 ′ 30 ″  E