Jewish cemetery (Linz am Rhein)

Jewish cemetery in Linz on the Rhine

Gravestone of Leopold Cahn (1845–1890)

The Linz Jewish Cemetery in Linz am Rhein , a town in the Neuwied district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), is located in Im Wolfsacker , today in the middle of a new development area. It has been a listed building since 1989 .

history

The Jewish community in Linz first buried their dead in the Jewish cemetery in Leubsdorf . In 1854 a separate cemetery was created on a steeply sloping plot of land. The area of the cemetery is 1,317 m², the last burial took place in 1938. Today there are still over 100 tombstones ( Mazewot ).

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 ).
Stefan Fischbach, Ingrid Westerhoff: Synagogues Rhineland-Palatinate - Saarland. "... and this is the gate of heaven" (= memorial book of the synagogues in Germany. 2). Published by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate, State Conservatory Office of the Saarland, Synagogue Memorial Jerusalem. von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3313-7 , pp. 235-236.
Anita Rings, Anton Rings: The former Jewish community in Linz on the Rhine. Remembrance and commemoration. City of Linz am Rhein, Linz am Rhein 1989.

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