Jewish cemetery (Oberlahnstein)

Jewish cemetery in Oberlahnstein

The Jewish cemetery in Oberlahnstein , a district of Lahnstein in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was probably laid out in 1732. The Jewish cemetery is a protected cultural monument .

The old part of the cemetery is located on a plot of land on the slope above the new part of the cemetery that was laid out in 1877.

On the 9.72 ares large cemetery 35 tombstones are still preserved. The cemetery area is surrounded by a stone wall.

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 edition ).

Web links

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

• Jewish cemetery Oberlahnstein near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
• Jewish cemetery Oberlahnstein at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 25.9 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 35.6 ″  E