Jewish cemetery (Limburg an der Lahn)

Jewish cemetery in Limburg

The Jewish cemetery of the Hessian district town Limburg an der Lahn is located on a small, partially wooded property on the northern side of the Schafsberg .

The cemetery was established in 1880, at which time around 200 Jews lived in the city. It replaced the "Judenschiede" in Schlenkert , which has probably existed since the Middle Ages . Some of the tombstones were moved from there to the new cemetery , so that the oldest date from around 1840. The gravestone of Adolph Sternberg , Leo Sternberg's father and well-known author of homeland books, is worth mentioning .

In the cemetery there is a memorial stele for the Jews of the city who were murdered during the Third Reich . The entire cemetery complex , including the tombs, is under monument protection “for historical reasons” .

literature

• Verena Fuchß: Cultural monuments in Hessen: City of Limburg. Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Hesse . Theiss , Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2096-4 , pp. 306-307.

Web links

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

• State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Jüdischer Friedhof In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
• The Jewish cemeteries in Limburg an der Lahn near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '21.1 "  N , 8 ° 2' 57.3"  E