Jewish cemetery (Koenigshoffen)

Jewish cemetery in Koenigshoffen

The Jewish cemetery in Koenigshoffen , a suburb of Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department in the French region of Grand Est , was built 1,801th The Jewish cemetery at No. 29 rue de la Tour has been classified as a Monument historique since 2002 .

By 1910 the cemetery was almost fully occupied with around 4,000 graves. Therefore a new cemetery was created in Cronenbourg . The cemetery in Koenigshoffen is only occupied in special cases.

The cemetery was partially destroyed during the Second World War . In 1945 around 1000 stones were knocked over and partly broken.

literature

Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online version ).
Jean Daltroff: Le cimetière israélite de Strasbourg-Koenigshoffen et ses personnalités . In: Annuaire - Société des Amis du Vieux Strasbourg , 2000, No. 27, pp. 129-140. (not evaluated)

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Koenigshoffen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Jewish cemetery Koenigshoffen near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
Jewish cemetery (Koenigshoffen) Description as Monument historique at the French Ministry of Culture (French text)

48.577446 7.716313Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 38.8 " N , 7 ° 42 ′ 58.7" E