Jewish cemetery Laudenbach (Karlstadt)

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Jewish cemetery in Laudenbach near Karlstadt, 2018

The Jewish cemetery Laudenbach in Lower Franconia Laudenbach , a district of Karlstad in the Main Spessart district , is located northwest of Laudenbach above the castle ruins and is 161.4 Ar large. In Lower Franconia, only the Kleinbardorf Jewish cemetery has a larger area. Originally the cemetery had around 3500 tombstones ( mazewot ), of which around 2300 are still there today.

history

The cemetery was built around 1600. It was the association cemetery for up to 14 Jewish communities. The Jewish communities of Adelsberg , Gössenheim , Heßdorf , Laudenbach, Urspringen and Veitshöchheim are recorded as owners in the land registers.

There are at least three periods of cemetery occupancy, with the oldest section being the largest. There are many artificial stone tombstones in the younger sections.

In 1865 the cemetery was desecrated, which resulted in the destruction of many tombstones and the digging up of many graves.

The wall around the cemetery with four gates was built in 1873/74. Extensions learned of the cemetery in 1850 (or 1874), about 1900/05 and 1931. It also was Taharahaus built. The last burial in the cemetery took place in January 1941, when Julius Rotfeld from Urspringen was buried.

In the last years of the Second World War , fighting caused a lot of damage to the cemetery, which had to be repaired by the Laudenbachers at the behest of the American occupation.

literature

  • Lothar Mayer: Jewish cemeteries in Lower Franconia . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2010, pp. 106–111, ISBN 978-3-86568-071-6 (with many photos)

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '52 "  N , 9 ° 45' 45.6"  E