Jewish cemetery (Rheinbrohl)

The Jewish cemetery in Rheinbrohl

The Rheinbrohl Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Rheinbrohl , a municipality in the Neuwied district in northern Rhineland-Palatinate .

history

The Jewish cemetery in Rheinbrohl is located about 1.5 km northeast of the town center between Arienheller and Christinenhöhe in the Lampental . It was built in the middle of the 17th century and was probably used until 1938. It covers an area of ​​30.93 ares and has about 60 tombstones ( mazewot ). Jews from Bad Hönningen were also buried in the cemetery. It has been a listed building since 1989 and is a protected cultural monument .

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online version at jewische-gemeinden.de )

Web links

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

• Rheinbrohl Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• Rheinbrohl Jewish Cemetery at the Central Archives for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lexicon of Jewish communities in the German-speaking area.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Central archive for research into the history of the Jews in Germany
3. ↑ ^{a b} Alemannia Judaica
4. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Neuwied district. Mainz 2019, p. 59 (PDF; 6.4 MB).

Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 30 ″  E