Harburg Jewish Cemetery (Swabia)

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Entrance to the cemetery and Tahara house
Tombstones
Jewish cemetery on Hühnerberg

The Jewish cemetery in Harburg , a town in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries , was built in the 17th century. The cemetery is a protected architectural monument .

location

The Jewish cemetery is located above Harburg: First drive towards the Burg to the end of the village, then west towards Schaffhausen , on the hill a dirt road leads to the right to the Hühnerberg, where the cemetery is at the edge of the forest.

history

The Jewish cemetery in Harburg was first mentioned on March 10, 1671, when the Oettingian sovereign promised to sell half an acre of farmland on Hühnerberg for use as a Jewish burial site. The Jews from Mönchsdeggingen , who built their own cemetery in 1832/33 , and Ederheim were also buried in this cemetery. In 1745 the cemetery was walled and expanded in 1833. The last burial took place in 1938.

269 tombstones ( Mazewot ), some of them in a very damaged condition, are still preserved in the 4390 m² cemetery .

time of the nationalsocialism

In April 1937, 33 tombstones were knocked over and smashed in the cemetery. There was further destruction until 1945 and some of the gravestones were cleared away.

Tahara house

Tahara house
Keystone with the year 174?

The Tahara House is near the entrance, on the southwest corner of the cemetery. It was built in the 1740s, as indicated by the year on the keystone of the arched portal . There is access to the cemetery from the Tahara House.

literature

  • Rolf Hofmann, Meir Jacoby, Ruth Litai-Jacoby: Harburg Jewish Cemetery - Swabia (short documentation) . Self-published by Rolf Hofmann, Stuttgart 1996 (without ISBN)
  • 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 version ).

Web links

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 4.4 "  N , 10 ° 40 ′ 20.5"  E