Jewish cemetery (Hörstein)

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The Jewish cemetery in winter
Jewish cemetery in Hörstein from the outside
Older tombstones in the Jewish cemetery in Hörstein

The Jewish cemetery in Hörstein (city of Alzenau , district of Aschaffenburg ) is the burial place of the former Jewish communities in Alzenau and Hörstein and the village of Wasserlos . It was laid out around 1812 and expanded after 1848. The last burial took place in 1938. The Hörsteiner Friedhof is one of a total of 129 Jewish cemeteries in Bavaria.

history

Jewish life in the area of ​​the city of Alzenau can be traced back to the time after the Thirty Years War . Independent communities were founded in Hörstein and shortly afterwards in Alzenau. Before the First World War , 112 Jews lived in Alzenau, 125 in Hörstein and 15 in Wasserlos.

Until the 19th century, the members of the communities had their deceased buried in the Jewish cemetery in the neighboring city of Hanau . It was not until 1812 that a separate cemetery was set up outside of Hörstein, where there was also a synagogue . A suitable area was the parcel on the new mountain west of the village, which - as the Jewish rules of faith provide - gave the dead a resting place away from the living area.

The oldest tombstone still in existence today dates from March 27, 1812. 244 tombstones have been preserved in whole or in part.

During the Nazi era , the cemetery was repeatedly the target of anti-Semitic attacks. A police report from 1935 noted that “another 100 tombstones” were overturned there. The last burial took place in 1938. Emigration and deportation brought the end of Jewish life in Alzenau.

literature

  • Oded Zingher: Honor your parents. The Jewish cemetery in Hörstein. Alzenau Contributions to Local History, Vol. 2, Alzenau 2004.

Web links

Commons : Jewish Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '43.7 "  N , 9 ° 3' 41.2"  E