Eberbach Jewish cemetery

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The Jewish cemetery on the Ohrsberg above Eberbach
Memorial stone

The Jewish cemetery Eberbach is a Jewish cemetery in Eberbach , a town in the Rhein-Neckar district in northern Baden-Württemberg .

The dead of the Jewish community of Eberbach , which had essentially only existed since around 1800, were initially buried in the Hirschhorn Jewish cemetery . The Jewish community in Eberbach then grew strongly, especially after 1860, due to the influx of Jews from Zwingenberg and Strümpfelbrunn. The transfer of the dead from Eberbach in Baden to Hirschhorn in Hesse always required approval and the payment of funeral taxes. In 1891, the Eberbach Jewish community applied for the establishment of its own cemetery. The city made an area available for this purpose above the Christian cemetery on the Ohrsberg . The Synagogue Council criticized the steep and rocky nature of the square and the difficult access, but the political community had the square completed by October 27, 1891 after lengthy disputes. The Jewish cemetery has an area of ​​7.56 acres . The planning documents show a capacity of 131 grave sites. The first burial took place in 1891, the last in 1940. Today there are still 42 tombstones .

A memorial stone from the city of Eberbach in the cemetery today commemorates the Jewish citizens who were victims of the National Socialist regime of violence.

literature

  • Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger: Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4)
  • Helmut Joho: "Never forget - Eberbach has always been my home for me too." - The history of the Jewish community in Eberbach. In: Eberbacher Geschichtsblatt 88 , Eberbach 1989, pp. 7–82, on the Jewish cemetery in particular p. 15 (with map).

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 5.7 ″  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 21.7 ″  E