Frauenkirchen Jewish cemetery

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Jewish cemetery in Frauenkirchen
Tombstone area

The Jewish cemetery Frauenkirchen is located on St.-Andräer-Straße on the southern outskirts of the town of Frauenkirchen in the Neusiedl am See district in Burgenland . The Jewish cemetery is a listed building .

history

In 1678 Count Paul I. Esterhazy allowed Jews to settle in Frauenkirchen. The place belonged to the seven Jewish communities in Burgenland.

In 1876 the Jewish community of Frauenkirchen reached its peak with 864 Jews; In 1934 it still had 368 members. In the course of annexation to Nazi Germany, the Jewish population was expelled and murdered. The Frauenkirchen synagogue was destroyed by the National Socialists in 1939 .

The cemetery houses 1,320 graves on an area of ​​2,900 m². In 1994 the Shalom Association repaired the cemetery . A new gate was also built. In a renovated condition, the cemetery was given to the community for further maintenance.

literature

  • The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Burgenland 1976 . Frauenkirchen, Jewish cemetery, p. 103.
  • Herbert Brettl: The Jewish community of Frauenkirchen . Ed. Lex Liszt 12, Oberwart 2003, ISBN 3-901757-32-5 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ haben.at Photo and description of images by Harald Hartmann, July 10, 2007, accessed on February 27, 2010
  2. ^ Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien Jewish cemetery Frauenkirchen, accessed on September 18, 2012
  3. ^ Austrian Jewish Museum Eisenstadt Photo Jewish cemetery Frauenkirchen, description of the image, Austrian Jewish Museum , accessed on February 27, 2010

Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 16 ° 55 ′ 52.3 ″  E