Jewish cemetery Lütticher Strasse (Aachen)

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Main entrance
Tomb "Die Mrauer" of the Meyer family in the cemetery

The Jewish cemetery Lütticher Straße Aachen is located in Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is located on the corner of Lütticher Strasse and Körnerstrasse.

In 1820 the Jewish community in Aachen asked the district administrator to allocate a place for the burial of deceased community members, since at that time the dead of the Jewish community in Aachen had to be buried in the old cemetery in Düren or in the neighboring Dutch town of Vaals . The Jewish cemetery was transferred to the Aachen Jewish community in June 1822 and was used for funerals from the same year. In 1865 and 1878 the area was expanded. The burial hall was completed in 1890. The oldest tombstone ( Mazewot ) dates from 1822. In the cemetery, which is still in use today, there are 1366 tombstones for 2153 deceased (as of December 2014).

The cemetery has been desecrated several times. Most recently, on the night of August 1st to 2nd, 2010, the cemetery wall was disguised with anti-Semitic graffiti and Nazi symbols.

literature

  • Elfi Pracht : Jewish cultural heritage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part I: Cologne District . (= Contributions to the architectural and art monuments in the Rhineland. Volume 34.1). Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7616-1322-9 , pp. 31-33.
  • Dieter Peters : The Jewish cemetery in Aachen Lütticher Strasse. Documentation of the tombstones and evaluation of the burial register 1829–2000 . Aachen 2001, DNB 963024523 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maren Heyne: Silent Gardens - eloquent stones. Jewish cemeteries in the Rhineland. Dietz, Bonn 1994, ISBN 3-8012-0214-3 , pp. 104 .
  2. ^ Nazi graffiti at the Jewish cemetery. In: Aachener Nachrichten . August 2, 2010, accessed January 22, 2015 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '58.4 "  N , 6 ° 4' 19.2"  E