Jewish cemetery (Ober-Seemen)

Jewish cemetery in Ober-Seemen

The Jewish cemetery in Ober-Seemen , a district of Gedern in the Wetterau district in Hesse , was built in the 18th century. The Jewish cemetery , which is located right next to the municipal cemetery, is a protected cultural monument .

history

The cemetery of the Jewish community in Ober-Seemen consists of an old and a new part. The oldest gravestones from around 1760 are on the old part. The last burial in the cemetery took place in 1935.

There are still around 90 tombstones ( mazewot ) on the 29.04- acre cemetery . It was extensively repaired in autumn 2003.

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 version ).

Web links

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

• Jewish cemetery Ober-Seemen near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos and documentation of the cemetery from 2010)

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 16 ″  N , 9 ° 14 ′ 7.6 ″  E