Jewish cemetery (Plauen)

Jewish cemetery in the Plauen district of Kauschwitz

The Jewish cemetery Plauen is a cemetery in the town of Plauen in the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony .

The 3590 m² Jewish cemetery is located in the Plauen district of Kauschwitz at Tannenhof 7. 132 gravestones have been preserved.

history

There was a Jewish cemetery in Plauen as early as the Middle Ages. It is referred to in documents as the "Jewish Garden" and was probably created after 1350 outside the city wall in front of the Straßberger Tor. In 1543 the city's Jews were expelled. The cemetery will have been destroyed then.

In 1884 a Jewish community could be established again. In 1898 she bought a piece of land from the manor owner E. Klopfer from Kauschwitz to build a new cemetery. A small cemetery hall was also built, which survived the Nazi era and was converted into a memorial site in 1987/88. In May 2000 descendants of former Plauen Jews unveiled a memorial stone for the numerous victims who were left without a grave or resting place.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Kauschwitz (Tannenhof 7)
• History of the Jews in Falkenstein / Vogtl.

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Plauen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jewish cemetery Plauen near Alemannia Judaica (with two photos)

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '48 "  N , 12 ° 6' 38"  E