Jewish cemetery (Mondorf)
The Jewish cemetery Mondorf is a 1883 scale, since 1940, the last time used burial site in Mondorf , a modern suburb of Niederkassel in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The cemetery is on Lerchenstrasse, near the Bergheim industrial park.
history
The cemetery was laid out in 1883 and is surrounded by a brick wall. Today's entrance on the east side is provided with a steel gate, which was designed in 1981 by the Cologne sculptor Rudolf Peer . It shows a menorah cut into the gate .
The cemetery has an area of 465 m² . Today there are still 46 tombstones ( mazewot ). The oldest tombstone is from 1891 and the last burial was on January 28, 1940.
literature
- Elfi Pracht : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I. Cologne district . Cologne 1997 (contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland, vol. 34.1), ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , pp. 538-542.
Web links
- Jewish cemetery Mondorf at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
- Entry on the Mondorf Jewish Cemetery (Jewish cemetery on Lerchenstrasse) in the “ KuLaDig ” database of the Rhineland Regional Council
- Entry on Synagogue Mondorf in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association
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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 41.5 ″ N , 7 ° 4 ′ 55.6 ″ E