Altwiedermus Jewish cemetery

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The Altwiedermus Jewish cemetery is located in Altwiedermus , a district of the municipality of Ronneburg in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse .

View of the cemetery area from the southeast 2015

Geographical location

The Jewish cemetery is located north of the village on the road to Büdingen (L 3193) and west below Ronneburg Castle in the Fallbach valley . It can be reached via a dirt road from the sports field.

history

The cemetery was mainly used by the Jewish residents of the Ronneburg, while the Jewish cemetery in Eckartshausen was responsible for Altwiedermus . Perhaps that is why it had existed since the 15th or 16th century.

The oldest tombstone dates from 1774, according to other information from 1751. Until 1877 Jews from Mittel-Gründau were also buried here. The burials in the cemetery ended in 1884.

investment

The cemetery is located in a heavily overgrown field and covers an area of ​​1392 m². He is surrounded by a wire fence. There are still 15 tombstones left. The conspicuously hilly terrain of the cemetery could indicate an embankment that was necessary to make room for more graves.

literature

  • Paul Arnsberg : The Jewish communities in Hesse. Beginning - fall - new beginning. Volume I. Published by the regional association of Jewish communities in Hesse, Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1972, ISBN 3-7973-0213-4 , p. 38f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Arnsberg 1972, p. 38f.
  2. ^ Alemannia Judaica
  3. ↑ Graves of the Altwiedermus Jewish Cemetery .  In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '15.8 "  N , 9 ° 3' 6.1"  E