Jewish cemetery (Schweinheim)

Schweinheim Jewish cemetery

Gravestone in the Jewish cemetery in Schweinheim

The Jewish cemetery Schweinheim is a Jewish cemetery in Schweinheim , a district of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is in front of the village entrance, coming from Loch , on the right side in a small wooded area. The cemetery has been on the list of monuments of the city of Euskirchen since May 26, 1988 .

history

The Jewish cemetery in Schweinheim was laid out at the end of the 18th century and is 630 m² in size. The first burial took place in 1782 and the last in 1911. After it was sold to a private citizen in 1943, the cemetery was restituted in 1952 . Today there are 14 tombstones ( mazewot ).

literature

• Elfi Pracht : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I. Cologne district . Cologne 1997 (contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland, vol. 34.1), ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , pp. 355–356.

Web links

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

• Schweinheim. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany; here: North Rhine-Westphalia; Version: November 2000

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 33.8 "  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 33.6"  E