Jewish cemetery (Schwanfeld)

Schwanfeld Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery Schwanfeld in Lower Franconia Schwanfeld , a municipality in the district of Schweinfurt lies south of Schwanfeld. It is 178.4 ares in size and contains more than 2000 tombstones ( mazewot ).

The way to the cemetery is called Ludwig-Gutmann-Weg. Ludwig Gutmann (died on February 1, 1984 at the age of 82) was the last Jew born in Schwanfeld .

history

The first Jews probably existed in Schwanfeld as early as the 12th century (the first documented mention of this comes from the year 1298), but they fell victim to the rint meat pogroms .

The next settlement of Jewish citizens in Schwanfeld is known from the 16th century. The Jewish community of Schwanfeld was founded in the middle of the 16th century and the Jewish cemetery was opened in 1579. The deceased Jews from the neighboring communities of Bibergau, Dettelbach, Estenfeld, Gochsheim, Rimpar, Schwebheim, Theilheim, Untereisenheim and Zeilitzheim also found their final resting place here.

Miriam Schwab from Rimpar was the last to be buried in the cemetery († January 22, 1939).

The oldest tombstones in the cemetery are closest to the Tahara house . In 1712 the swan fields Chewra Kadischa (burial brotherhood) was established.

Tahara house

literature

Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Lower Franconia . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2010, pp. 162–167, ISBN 978-3-86568-071-6 (with many photos)

Web links

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

[1] The Jewish cemetery in Schwanfeld near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
[2] The central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany via the Jewish cemetery in Schwanfeld
[3] The House of Bavarian History on the Jewish cemetery in Schwanfeld

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