Elsey Jewish Cemetery (Hagen)
The Jewish cemetery Hohenlimburg in Hagen district Hohenlimburg ( Nordrhein-Westfalen ) was built 1886th The Jewish cemetery is located in the Hohenlimburg district of Elsey on Heidestrasse and is a protected architectural monument .
It is a closed cemetery and no more funerals take place. The oldest use of the cemetery took place in 1886, the oldest gravestone dates from 1823. It was moved from the abandoned older Jewish cemetery between Heidestrasse and Iserlohner Strasse.
A memorial stone commemorates the Jewish victims during the time of National Socialism .
The cemetery is also a war cemetery for 59 war dead from World War II , including 54 Soviet slave laborers .
See also
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online edition ).
Web links
Commons : Jüdische Friedhöfe in Hagen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '18.4 " N , 7 ° 34' 0.3" E