Jewish cemetery in Hemsbach
The Jewish cemetery Hemsbach is a Jewish cemetery in Hemsbach , a town in the Rhein-Neckar district in northern Baden-Württemberg . The cemetery is a cultural monument worth protecting .
The Jewish cemetery in Hemsbach was established in 1674 as an association cemetery. A funeral association ( Chewra Kadischa ) has survived for 1716 , which was made up of the following Jewish communities: Dossenheim , Feudenheim , Großsachsen , Hemsbach, Ilvesheim , Ladenburg , Lampertheim , Laudenbach , Leutershausen , Lützelsachsen , Schriesheim , Viernheim and Weinheim .
The Jewish cemetery is located between Mühlweg and Oberer Mühlweg in the Gewann Teufelsloch , has an area of 142.61 ares and an entrance on both streets. Today there are still 1,066 gravestones ( Mazevot ). The oldest legible tombstone is from 1682, the last burial took place in 1940.
literature
- Joachim Hahn and Jürgen Krüger: Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Joachim Hahn: Places and Facilities . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1843-5 ( Memorial book of the synagogues in Germany . Volume 4).
Web links
- Jewish cemetery Hemsbach at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
- Jewish cemetery in Hemsbach near Alemannia Judaica
- Jewish cemetery in Hemsbach at the Friends of the Former Synagogue in Hemsbach eV
Eberbach | Eichtersheim | Feudenheim | Heidelberg ( Klingenteich , Bergfriedhof ) | Hemsbach | Hockenheim | Ilvesheim | Ladenburg | Mannheim | Meckesheim | Michelfeld | Schriesheim | Schwetzingen | Sinsheim | Waibstadt | Walldorf | Wiesloch
Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 38 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 24 ″ E