Jewish cemetery (Kuchenheim)
The Jewish cemetery Kuchenheim is a Jewish cemetery in Kuchenheim , a district of the city of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is on the left of the road between Kuchenheim and Euskirchen. The cemetery has been on the list of monuments of the city of Euskirchen since 1988 .
history
The Jewish cemetery in Kuchenheim was laid out in 1775 and expanded in 1888. It is 902 square meters. The last burial took place in 1929 and today there are 13 tombstones ( mazewot ).
During the period of National Socialism numerous grave stones have disappeared.
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online version ).
- Elfi Pracht : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I. Cologne district . Cologne 1997 (contributions to the architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland, vol. 34.1), ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , pp. 354–355.
Web links
Commons : Jewish Cemetery - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Digital edition: Jewish cemetery Euskirchen-Kuchenheim (1882−1929 / 22 inscriptions) of the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute
- Jewish cemetery in Kuchenheim at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
- Hans-Dieter Arntz : The Jewish burial places of the district town of Euskirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 '15.1 " N , 6 ° 49' 0.9" E