Jewish cemetery (Sinzenich)

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Jewish cemetery in Sinzenich
Gravestone of Jullchen Sommer (1857-1896)

The Sinzenich Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Sinzenich , a district of the city of Zülpich in the Euskirchen district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The cemetery is on Gartenstrasse, in the middle of a new development area.

The cemetery of the Jewish community of Sinzenich was laid out around 1880 and occupied until 1938. The burial place is open to the general public, there are still 16 tombstones ( mazewot ).

Desecrations

The cemetery was devastated during the Nazi era and restored after 1945.

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. 389-390.

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Sinzenich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 32.4 "  N , 6 ° 39 ′ 1.8"  E