Herschberg Jewish cemetery

Jewish cemetery Herschberg (2017)

The Herschberg Jewish Cemetery in the Herschberg community in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate is a protected cultural monument .

The Jewish cemetery is located 500 m southwest of the village in the immediate vicinity of the community cemetery on Friedhofstrasse. It was expanded in 1858 and 1870.

217 tombstones have been preserved in the 3000 m² cemetery, which was already registered on the Naudins' map in 1736/37 as "cimetiere des juifs" and was documented until 1929 , of which 139 stones were on the old and 78 stones on the newer part. The burial place was also used by the Jews in Landstuhl (until 1896), Höheinöd , Saalstadt , Thaleischweiler , Oberhausen and Wallhalben .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Herschberg # Monument zones

Web links

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

• Jewish cemetery Herschberg near Alemannia Judaica (with 17 photos)
• Jewish cemetery Herschberg at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Contained in the "Carte des Naudins", original in the Médiathèque de Metz, made around 1736/37.

Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 3 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 16 ″  E