Jewish cemetery (Ulrichstein)

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Jewish cemetery in Ulrichstein
Tombstones

The Jewish cemetery in Ulrichstein , a town in the Vogelsberg district in Hesse , was probably built in the second half of the 18th century. The Jewish cemetery can be reached from the main street via Altebergsweg . The cemetery is a protected cultural monument .

history

The cemetery is surrounded by a wall. A plaque commemorates seven Jewish soldiers who died in the First World War. The cemetery is divided into an upper, older and a lower, younger part. The cemetery area is 15.47 acres.

See also

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 3: Ochtrup - Zwittau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08079-6 ( online edition ).
  • Kulturverein Lauterbach e. V .: Fragments ..... Jewish life in Vogelsberg . Herbstein 1994, ISBN 3-928048-06-6 , p. 86.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 30.5 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 10.9 ″  E