Mattersburg Jewish Cemetery

Jewish cemetery in Mattersburg

Former Jewish quarter and the cemetery in Mattersburg

The Mattersburg Jewish Cemetery is located in the Mattersburg municipality in the Mattersburg district in Burgenland . The Jewish cemetery is a listed building .

history

Jews were first mentioned in Mattersburg in 1526, and the synagogue was mentioned in 1647. Around 1770, when the 7 communities were named for Mattersburg, 179 Jewish families were named. The ghetto and synagogue were destroyed in 1940 and the temple treasures were carried away. Most of the tombstones were also abducted.

In 1966, all of the tombstones and fragments of the Jewish cemetery that were still in existence were put together to form display walls. Symbolic gravestones were distributed in the open area.

literature

• The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Burgenland 1976 . Mattersburg, Jewish Cemetery, p. 193.
• Gertraud Tometich: When the Schofarhorn still sounded in Burgenland. The history of the Jewish community in Mattersburg and the surrounding area. Edition Marlit, March 2013, ISBN 978-3-902931-02-3 .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 15.2 "  N , 16 ° 24 ′ 9.9"  E