Jewish cemetery Michelbach an der Lücke

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The Michelbach Jewish Cemetery on the Lücke

The Jewish cemetery Michelbach an der Lücke is a Jewish cemetery in Michelbach an der Lücke , a district of the Wallhausen municipality in the Schwäbisch Hall district in northern Baden-Württemberg .

The dead of the Jewish community of Michelbach an der Lücke were initially buried in the Schopfloch Jewish cemetery ( district of Ansbach ), 20 kilometers away . The local saying “ We don't go to Schopfloch for a dead Jew ” originates from this time . It is still used today to make it clear that something is not worthwhile.

In 1840 a separate cemetery was built northwest of the village in the Judenwasen Gewann . The area of ​​the Jewish cemetery is 23.01 acres ; today there are still 272 tombstones . The first burial took place in 1841 and the last in 1939.

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Commons : Jüdischer Friedhof (Michelbach an der Lücke)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 38 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 22 ″  E