Jewish cemetery (Niedermeiser)
The Jewish cemetery Niedermeiser is a Jewish cemetery in Niedermeiser ( city of Liebenau ) in the Hessian district of Kassel . It is a protected cultural monument .
description
The 736 m² cemetery , which is next to the Christian cemetery, was rebuilt in 1854. Up to 1929, the year of the last burial , at least 19 burials had taken place. Of the original grave stones for Jews from Liebenau-Niedermeiser and the surrounding area, who died between 1854 and 1929, only one remains. There is also the foundation stone of the cemetery from 1853 and a memorial stone that was erected after 1945. This bears the text: “The bones of the Jews from Niedermeiser rest here. This memorial stone is a witness to all the gravestones that once stood at this location and were destroyed by Nazi terror. 1938–1945. "
history
During the National Socialist era , the cemetery was desecrated and cleared several times .
In 2000, the Jewish cemetery was desecrated on the night of July 15-16. A memorial stone was torn from its anchorage and dragged in front of the cemetery area.
Web links
- To the Jewish cemetery in Niedermeiser near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
- Niedermeiser. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of the Federal Republic of Germany . here: Lower Saxony ; Attention! The assignment of Niedermeiser to Lower Saxony is wrong!
Individual evidence
- ↑ alemannia-judaica.de
- ^ Friedenskooperative.de therein: July 15, 2000 - The Jewish cemetery in Liebenau-Niedermeiser
Breitenbach | Breuna | Grebenstein | Helmarshausen | Hofgeismar | Hümme | Liebenau | Meimbressen | Naumburg | Niedermeiser | Sielen | Trendelburg | Singing Competition | Wolfhagen | Zierenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 38.7 " N , 9 ° 18 ′ 16.6" E