Jewish cemetery (Rischenau)

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Jewish cemetery in Rischenau

The Jewish cemetery Rischenau is Rischenau , a town in the municipality Luegde in Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The Jewish cemetery is registered with the number 50 as an architectural monument in the list of monuments of the city of Lügde .

description

The Jewish cemetery is located in the north of the village of Rischenau, on the former Judenbrink . Archaeological excavations have shown that there was once a small manor castle at the site of the Jewish cemetery, which was probably built between 1150 and 1200. In addition, the location of the Burghagen monastery, known only from written sources , is assumed here, which was later relocated and became Falkenhagen monastery . The current site is therefore also under protection as a ground monument .

Nothing is known exactly about the origin of the cemetery, it was documented until around 1850. In the Second World War , trenches were dug running through the cemetery - it was completely devastated. After 1945 the cemetery was rebuilt. Two tombstones ( mazewot ) are still preserved in the cemetery today .

literature

  • Elfi Pracht-Jörns : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia . Part III: Detmold administrative district. (= Contributions to the architectural and art monuments of Westphalia, Volume 1.1), Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-7616-1397-0 .

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Rischenau In: Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Editor: Claudia Pohl.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinz Dietz: The emergence of a small manor castle on the Brink near Rischenau , Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde, 35 vol., 1966, pp. 238-251.
  2. ^ Friedrich Hohenschwert: Der Kreis Lippe II - Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Stuttgart 1985, p. 205, ISBN 3-8062-0428-4
  3. ↑ Rischenau . In: Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia.

Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 56.5 ″  N , 9 ° 16 ′ 55.1 ″  E