Jewish cemetery (Miesenheim)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jewish cemetery in Miesenheim
Gravestone of Sibylla Simon

The Miesenheim Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Miesenheim , a district of Andernach in the Mayen-Koblenz district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). The cemetery is a protected cultural monument and is located south of the village in the Flur Im Deyert , about 300 m east of the road to Saffig .

history

The Jewish cemetery in Miesenheim, established in 1853, was an association cemetery for the Jewish communities in Miesenheim , Plaidt and Saffig .

In the 8.36 ares large cemetery there are still 66 tombstones ( mazewot ). The first burial took place in 1853 and the last in 1939.

literature

  • Miesenheim. In: Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online version ).
  • Martin Roggatz: Documentation of the Jewish cemetery in Miesenheim. In: Andernacher Annalen. 2, 1997/1998, ZDB -ID 1219110-3 , pp. 55-76, [not evaluated].
  • 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. 80-81.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 33.6 "  N , 7 ° 24 ′ 55.4"  E