Jewish cemetery (Neuhofen)

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Jewish cemetery in Neuhofen

The Neuhofen Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Neuhofen , a local community in the Rhein-Pfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The cemetery is on the border between Neuhofen and Waldsee in the corridor In den Speyerer Wingert . The cemetery is a protected cultural monument .

history

The Jewish cemetery in Neuhofen was laid out in 1910 and occupied from 1910 until the 1930s. It served the Jewish community in Neuhofen as a burial place. The community's dead have been buried in Waldsee since the 1820s . The small cemetery has an area of ​​2.90 ares . From the small number of burials, six tombstones ( mazewot ) are still present today.

literature

  • Neuhofen. In: Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online version ).

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Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 33 "  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 51"  E