Jewish cemetery (Niederstetten)

The Jewish cemetery in autumn 2018

The Niederstetten Jewish cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Niederstetten , a town in the Main-Tauber district in northern Baden-Württemberg .

history

The dead of the Jewish community Niederstetten were buried first in the Jewish cemetery Schopfloch or Jewish cemetery Unterbalbach , from 1730 on the Jewish cemetery Weikersheim . In 1737 a separate cemetery was built, which was last enlarged in 1933. The Jewish cemetery in Gewann Salmhof has an area of ​​35.69 acres . Today there are still 478 tombstones , the oldest tombstone is from 1739. The last burial took place in 1939.

At times Jews from Archshofen , Creglingen , Gerabronn and Mulfingen were also buried here.

See also

• Jewish community Niederstetten

literature

• Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger : Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jewish cemetery Niederstetten at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
• Niederstetten Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 10.7 "  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 43.2"  E