Jewish cemetery (Obernzenn)

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Obernzenn Jewish Cemetery, 2010
Obernzenn Jewish Cemetery, 2010

The Jewish cemetery in Obernzenn is an old burial place. It is located near the western border of Obernzenn on a slope above the sports grounds and Lake Obernzenn.

history

It is not certain when the Jewish cemetery in Obernzenn was established. Either it dates back to the 17th century, when a Jewish community evidently established itself in the village, or it was established in the 18th century. The cemetery was used by Jews in Obernzenn and the surrounding villages of Unternzenn, Ickelheim, Lenkersheim and Kaubenheim. After numerous Jewish families had emigrated from the villages in the 1850s to 1870s, more and more people from Bad Windsheim were buried in the Obernzenn cemetery. Therefore, half of the cemetery including the Tahara house was owned by the Israelite community of Bad Windsheim until the end of the 19th century . The other half belonged to the community in Egenhausen. The last Jewish resident of Obernzenn died in 1911.

The cemetery has an area of ​​60.3 acres . This size came about through several extensions. About 200 tombstones have been preserved, as well as part of the sandstone wall with which it was enclosed. The rest of the wall has been replaced by a fence. The gravestones that have been preserved have been documented in detail since 2013, the people buried there have been identified and their links in the Jewish communities of the Zenngrund have been genealogically processed.

Desecrations

Warning sign on the cemetery wall

The cemetery has been desecrated several times. In 1909 the two cemetery gates were broken open and several tombstones were knocked over. Some of the stones were also destroyed. Further destruction took place during the National Socialist era . In the post-war period, the cemetery was neglected, so that in 1960 the Tahara house, which stood to the left of the lower entrance, had to be demolished. In 1976 and 1979, tombstones were again knocked over and smeared with Nazi symbols. The cemetery is no longer open to the public today.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/obernzenn_synagoge.htm
  2. ^ Gisela Naomi Blume: The Jewish cemetery Obernzenn 1613–2013. With a contribution by Michael Schneeberger. Nuremberg 2013 (Free series of publications by the Society for Family Research in Franconia, 24). Nuremberg 2013. ISBN 978-3-929865-62-2

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 1.6 ″  N , 10 ° 27 ′ 3.1 ″  E