Jewish cemetery in Meckesheim

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Jewish cemetery in Meckesheim
Memorial stone

The Jewish cemetery in Meckesheim is a Jewish cemetery in Meckesheim , a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in northern Baden-Württemberg . The cemetery is a protected cultural monument .

history

The dead of the Jewish community Meckenheim were first on the 13 km from Association Cemetery , the Jewish cemetery Wiesloch , buried. The Jewish cemetery was laid out next to the Christian one in 1896. It has an area of ​​4.56  acres . Today there are still 22 tombstones ( mazewot ). The first burial took place in 1897 and the last in 1935.

In 1985 a memorial was erected for the murdered Jews from Meckesheim during the time of National Socialism .

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Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 13.4 "  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 27.4"  E