Jewish cemetery (Sötern)

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Jewish cemetery near Sötern

The Jewish cemetery Sötern is a Jewish cemetery in the district of Sötern in the municipality of Nohfelden in the St. Wendel district ( Saarland ). It is a protected architectural monument .

The cemetery is located on the eastern edge of a wooded hill near the Tannenhof and Weiherhof Aussiedlerhöfe at the end of Weiherdammstrasse. 204 gravestones have been preserved on an area of ​​3708 m² .

history

It is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Saarland, which was laid out around 1650. It was a community cemetery for the Jewish communities of Sötern, Gonnesweiler and Bosen . The oldest tombstone dates from 1748. During the 19th century the cemetery was expanded three times. In 1938 - during the time of National Socialism - it was devastated. The last of a total of 500 to 600 burials took place in 1941. In 2008 the cemetery was desecrated and 60 tombstones were knocked over.

Individual evidence

  1. List of monuments of the district of St. Wendel  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF, 108 kB, accessed on January 21, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.saarland.de  

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '4.5 "  N , 7 ° 3' 8.5"  E