Sarrebourg Jewish Community
A Jewish community in Sarrebourg in the Moselle department in the French region of Lorraine has existed since the 18th century.
history
The Jewish community of Sarrebourg, which rented a prayer hall from 1823 to 1845, built a synagogue on Rue du Sauvage in 1846 , which still exists today. The Jewish community of Sarrebourg belonged to the Israelite consistorial district of Nancy from 1808 to 1871 , and since then to the consistorial district of Metz .
graveyard
The Sarrebourg Jewish cemetery is on the road to Buhl-Lorraine . The oldest preserved tombstones ( Mazevot ) are from 1781/83.
literature
- Henry Schumann: Mémoire des communautés juives de Moselle . Éditions Serpenoise, Metz 1999, ISBN 2-87692-430-7 .
Web links
- History of the Sarrebourg Jewish Community (French, accessed April 30, 2015)