Jewish cemetery (Mehring)

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The Jewish cemetery Mehring is a cemetery in Mehring , a municipality in the district of Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The Jewish cemetery is located on the western outskirts at an altitude. It can be reached in the vineyards from Kapellenweg / Auf Zellerberg. There are only three gravestone plinths left. A wall surrounds the cemetery property.

history

The cemetery was probably created in the 19th century. During the Nazi era it was desecrated , destroyed and completely cleared away. A memorial plaque "In memory of our deceased Jewish fellow citizens - The living as a warning - Mehring community 2016" was re-erected in 2016 and replaced an older memorial stone .

See also

The Jewish cemetery is not included in the list of cultural monuments in Mehring (Mosel) .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '46.1 "  N , 6 ° 49' 2.7"  E