Jewish cemetery (Nassau)

Jewish cemetery in Nassau

Tombstones

The Jewish cemetery Nassau is a Jewish cemetery in the city of Nassau in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). The cemetery, which is located on the federal road 417 from Nassau to Obernhof about 500 m outside of Nassau, is a protected cultural monument.

history

The cemetery was probably created at the end of the 18th century. The area of ​​the cemetery is 1361 m ² . The cemetery consists of an old part, on which only a few tombstones ( mazewot ) have been preserved, and a newer part. There are still around 65 tombstones in total.

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 edition ).

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Nassau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jewish cemetery Nassau at the central archive for researching the history of Jews in Germany
• Nassau Jewish Cemetery near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 37.8 ″  N , 7 ° 49 ′ 19.6 ″  E