Jewish cemetery (Unsleben)

The Jewish cemetery Unsleben is a Jewish cemetery in Unsleben in Lower Franconia , a community in the Rhön-Grabfeld district .

Jewish cemetery Unsleben

history

Until the cemetery was set up in 1856, the deceased were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Kleinbardorf . The first burial dates back to February 22, 1857, when Clärle Engel was buried. In 1975 a memorial was erected for the Jews of Unsleben who were murdered during the National Socialist era . The last burial in the cemetery took place in 1942.

Location and characterization

The cemetery is located 1.5 kilometers east of Unsleben on a ridge. It has an area of ​​23.80 ares and today there are still about 240 tombstones ( mazewot ).

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  Jewish cemetery Unsleben

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  Tombstones

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  Gravestones in the entrance area

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  Gravestone with a lost inscription plate

literature

• Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Lower Franconia . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2010, pp. 184–187, 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 Unsleben near Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)
• [2] The central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany through the Jewish cemetery in Unsleben
• [3] The House of Bavarian History on the Jewish cemetery in Unsleben

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 33.4 "  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 30.7"  E