Jewish cemetery (Niederleuken)

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The Niederleuken Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in Niederleuken , a district of Saarburg . It was used until 1936.

history

The cemetery was first mentioned in a document in 1804. However, references to the cemetery can already be found in the 18th century. With 2,049 m² it is the second largest Jewish cemetery in the Trier-Saarburg district . It served as a burial place for the Jewish residents of Ayl , Beurig , Saarburg , Wawern and Wiltingen . The cemetery was expanded twice. Once during the 19th century and a second time in 1907. The last burial took place in 1936. The cemetery was desecrated for the first time in 1928 . Further desecrations followed after 1933 and especially during the November pogroms in 1938 . In 1942 the area was sold to a private individual by the Reich Association of Jews in Germany . A total of 12 tombstones are still preserved today. The cemetery stands as cultural monument under monument protection .

literature

  • Rudolf Müller: The cemetery of the Jewish community in Saarburg. In: Landeskundliche Vierteljahresblätter (= regional history quarterly sheets. Issue 3). Trier 1993, ISSN  0458-6905 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Informational directory of cultural monuments (Trier-Saarburg district) (PDF) General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate. P. 59. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Niederleuken Jewish cemetery . alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Niederleuken Jewish Cemetery . Kulturdb.de. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '52.6 "  N , 6 ° 33'25.3"  E