Esslingen Jewish cemetery

View over the Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery on the corner of Turmstrasse and Mittlere Beutau in Esslingen am Neckar is the city's oldest surviving Jewish cemetery .

predecessor

Probably the first Jewish cemetery in Esslingen was in front of the upper gate by the brickworks, which roughly corresponds to the location of today's Schillerplatz. This walled, four-acre cemetery was used until the 14th century. In 1327 it was supposed to be expanded, but this was not approved because of the claims of the Speyer Cathedral Chapter . In 1348 Charles IV assured the citizens of Esslingen that the cemetery, which had meanwhile been destroyed, should not be re-occupied.

The Jewish community had meanwhile acquired another piece of land to build a cemetery there. This property was located "between the Gäßlein and Ruf Glaser's garden".

Nothing has been preserved from this second medieval cemetery in Esslingen.

Jewish Cemetery

In 1806 a Jewish community was again founded in Esslingen . In 1807 she acquired the 3.94 ares large parcel 726 on the corner of Mittlere Beutau / Turmstrasse, which was directly in front of the city wall. A new Jewish cemetery was laid out on this property and was occupied until 1874. After this cemetery was fully occupied, a Jewish cemetery was designated in the Ebershaldenfriedhof , where people of Jewish faith in Esslingen have been buried ever since .

The Jewish cemetery in Esslingen was devastated during the Nazi era . Only a few tombstones remained and were later erected again. The cemetery is now surrounded by a high wall and is not open to the public.

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  Postcard around 1900

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  Tombstones

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  overgrown tombstone

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  information sign

Web links

Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Esslingen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• "Esslingen am Neckar: Medieval cemeteries and old Jewish cemetery of the 19th century" at Alemannia Judaica
• Old Jewish cemetery Esslingen at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Esslingen am Neckar: Medieval cemeteries and old Jewish cemetery of the 19th century" at Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 45.1 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 24 ″  E