Jewish cemetery (Mayen)

Notice board at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Mayen

Gravestones from the old Jewish cemetery in Mayen

The Jewish Cemetery Mayen is a Jewish cemetery in Mayen , a town in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The cemetery is a protected cultural monument and is located on Waldstraße, a cul-de-sac in a residential area.

history

The old Jewish cemetery on the edge of the forest at Schützenplatz was destroyed by bombs in 1944 and the remaining 31 tombstones , the oldest dating from 1640, of the cemetery leveled in 1945, were moved to the new cemetery.

The new Jewish cemetery in Mayen, which has an area of ​​20.42  ares , was first occupied in 1847 and the last burial was on July 28, 1942. A total of 203 tombstones ( mazewot ) are still present today.

See also

• Synagogue (Mayen)

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 ).
• 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. 263-265.

Web links

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

• Mayen Jewish Cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• Jewish cemetery Mayen at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 0.4 ″  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 3.8 ″  E