Jewish cemetery Coswig (Anhalt)

Jewish cemetery in Coswig

The Jewish cemetery in Coswig (Anhalt) , a town in the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany), was probably created in the 18th century. The Jewish cemetery east of Heidestrasse is a protected cultural monument .

The first known death register begins in 1800. In 1843 a Tahara house was built. Only three tombstones remain, which were set up at the entrance to Heidestrasse of the municipal cemetery, which was only laid out at the Jewish cemetery in 1889.

literature

• Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 1: Aach - Groß-Bieberau. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08077-2 ( online edition ).

Web links

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

• Coswig Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 51 ° 53 '3.67 "  N , 12 ° 27' 58.18"  O