Jewish cemetery (Stolberg)

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The Stolberg Jewish Cemetery is located on Turmblick street near the Gehlen quarry in Stolberg in the Aachen city region ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The burial site, which is 193 m² today, was occupied between 1860 and 1959. In 1976 it was surrounded by an enclosure wall by the city administration and restored. There are pastures on the site . Today there are still 20 tombstones ( mazewot ).

literature

  • Elfi Pracht : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I. Cologne district . Cologne 1997, pp. 65–66 (contributions to architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland, vol. 34.1), ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 16.5 ″  N , 6 ° 14 ′ 17.1 ″  E