Jewish cemetery (Berwangen)

Berwangen Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery is a well-preserved Jewish cemetery in Berwangen , a district of Kirchardt in the Heilbronn district ( Baden-Württemberg ).

The Jewish community of Berwangen previously buried its dead in the Jewish cemetery in Heinsheim or the Jewish cemetery in Waibstadt . The cemetery on Fürfelder Weg was laid out in the middle of the 19th century, it is approx. 23 × 23 meters in size and has 101 tombstones . The oldest is from 1877, the last burial took place in 1974. A memorial stone commemorates the victims of persecution 1933–45 .

literature

• Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger : Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial Book of Synagogues in Germany . Volume 4), p. 252.

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof Berwangen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Berwangen Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica
• Berwangen Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 24.3 ″  E