Jewish cemetery (Walldorf)
The Walldorf Jewish Cemetery is located in the Thuringian town of Walldorf an der Werra in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district .
history
Jews are recorded in Walldorf for the 16th and 17th centuries, when they were accepted by the three manor owners who owned Walldorf. This resulted in three congregations, which were allowed to unite to form a Jewish congregation in 1789 and subsequently opened a joint school and a synagogue. In 1810 the place had 238 Jewish residents. In 1849 there were 562 Jewish residents out of a total of 1637 inhabitants. In 1856, the Jews living in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen received civil equality. As a result, most of the Jewish families from Walldorf moved to the neighboring residential town of Meiningen. In 1903 the community still had 60 members, which had fallen to 32 by 1932/33. In 1939 there were still four Jewish families with a total of 19 people living in Walldorf. The last Jewish inhabitants were 1942-1944 deported . The cemetery was probably laid out in 1737 and expanded in 1790. The oldest legible tombstone is from 1737.
Location and characterization
The cemetery is located northwest of Walldorf in the Aalleite on a hill in a very hilly location. On an area of 50 ares there are still around 80 tombstones ( Mazewa ). In the eastern area there are a few very old gravestones, in the western area there are a large number of gravestones in several rows on a steep slope. At the foot of the slope there are a few grave stones from the 20th century. The last burial took place in 1936.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 55 ″ N , 10 ° 22 ′ 59 ″ E