Feldberg Jewish cemetery

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Jewish cemetery in Feldberg - Mitte (signature greyed pl.)

The Feldberg Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Feldberg in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It is considered a cultural monument .

description

The 680 m² cemetery is located on the outskirts of Feldberg, on the former Mühlenberg. About 12 tombstones have been preserved on it. It is located in an elevated position, as an extension of the Mühlenweg in the direction of Hasefelderstraße. There is a residential estate in the immediate vicinity of the cemetery. The square cemetery is enclosed with a 1.20 m high and well-preserved field stone wall. The entrance area with a double-leaf iron gate is located in the middle in the southern part of the cemetery. The two-leaf iron gate is unlocked and is 1.20 m high and 2.80 m wide. At the entrance there is an unpaved 3.00 m wide path. It leads straight from the entrance area to the northern end of the cemetery complex and is 20 cm lower than the rest of the floor level over its entire length. This results in an optical division of the cemetery. Jewish cemeteries were designated as burial places on the official maps and were signed with an L instead of a †. Mostly they were created further outside the cities or communities, mainly in the barn districts or similar remote locations.

history

The Feldberg Jewish cemetery was established in 1850 by the Philippson family. In the south-eastern area is the larger grave field with a total of nine gravestones set up in a row. There are three more tombstones in the southwestern part of the complex. The oldest of the total of 12 tombstones dates from 1873, the last from 1959. The entire complex is framed by spruce along the cemetery wall. Two spruces are missing on the southwest side of the wall and are only available as root stocks. In the southeastern grave field there are two weeping ash trees. There are three more spruce trees along the main path. The facility is in a good and well-kept condition. Only the rootstocks in the system are perceived as annoying and should be removed. The missing trees should be replanted. The Jewish cemetery was initially a private burial place for the Philippson family of Jewish merchants and was laid out around 1870. The first burial took place in 1873. A little later, the deceased of other Jewish families from Feldberg and Woldegk were also buried in the cemetery. The cemetery area is about 3 ares. The cemetery remained intact during the Nazi era. Of the 14 tombstones that were previously available, 12 are still preserved. The last burial was in 1959.

literature

  • Michael Brocke / Eckehard Ruthenberg / Kai Uwe Schulenburg: Stone and Name. The Jewish cemeteries in East Germany (New Federal States / GDR and Berlin). Institute Church and Judaism Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-923095-19-8 . (This source contains numerous inaccuracies and errors and is therefore only of limited scientific and historical suitability.)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Text: Research project "Jewish cemeteries" of the University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg - published in: https://www.kleks-online.de/editor/?element_id=148517&lang=de
  2. ^ Text: Research project "Jewish cemeteries" of the University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg - published in: https://www.kleks-online.de/editor/?element_id=148517&lang=de

Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 53.5 "  N , 13 ° 26 ′ 21.3"  E