Quedlinburg Jewish cemetery
The Quedlinburg Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt , which is now used as a memorial.
location
The cemetery grounds are located on a hill above the Blasii cemetery west of the historic Quedlinburg old town, north of the Munzenberg on Zwergkuhle street. It covers an area of 1520 m².
Plant and history
A Jewish cemetery for the city's Jewish community already existed in Quedlinburg in the Middle Ages . It was located within the city wall west of Weingarten Street. In 1514 all Jews had to be ordered by the Saxon Elector Friedrich III. Leave Quedlinburg. After a new Jewish community emerged at the beginning of the 19th century, the cemetery was rebuilt in its current location in 1814. The cemetery probably included 150 grave sites. The cemetery was desecrated during the National Socialist era . Gravestones were knocked over again and again , but many gravestones were preserved. The cemetery was not destroyed. In 1943 the facility was documented by the state monument conservationist. Photographs of 14 tombstones from the period between 1844/47 and 1925 were made that are still preserved today.
The appearance of the tomb of Süsse Eppenstein, who died in 1844 or 1847, has been handed down. The wide sandstone stele ran upwards into a curved arch that protruded forward. There were crossed palm fronds in the gable of the stone. The extensive epitaph was written in Hebrew and, based on biblical quotations in rhyme, dealt with the proficiency of the deceased. In contrast, the design of the tombstone for Karl Kulp , who died in 1925, indicates the development of the tombstone design in the cemetery. Kulp's tomb consisted of a high, strong pillar topped by a stone urn with a wreath. The grave inscription was bilingual in German and Hebrew , with the mourning of the bereaved in the foreground in the text. A Star of David was arranged above the Hebrew inscription .
During the GDR era, the cemetery was redesigned at the request of the Jewish community administration from Magdeburg in 1975 / according to a plan by the Mertsch landscape architect. The grave monuments that were preserved were turned over and covered with earth. The grave slabs were also partially used in the construction of roads. The original structure of the cemetery has largely been lost. Instead, a single 1.50 meter high memorial stone was set and the cemetery turned into a green area. In 1988 three fragments of former gravestones were found in the bushes. There should be more gravestones under the earth cover.
Today the cemetery is used as a memorial for the Jewish victims of fascism .
literature
- Eberhard Brecht , Manfred Kummer: Jews in Quedlinburg (= Jews in Halberstadt. 7, ZDB -ID 1384201-8 ). Association for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Halberstadt and the Surrounding Area, Halberstadt 1996.
- Jutta Dick, Marina Sassenberg (ed.): Guide through Jewish Saxony-Anhalt (= contributions to the history and culture of the Jews in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. 3). Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 1998, ISBN 3-930850-78-8 , p. 362 ff.
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried, Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , p. 288.
Web links
- Entry on the Quedlinburg Jewish Cemetery at www.alemannia-judaica.de
- Video about the Quedlinburg Jewish Cemetery on Youtube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dick, Sassenberg (ed.): Guide through the Jewish Saxony-Anhalt. 1998, p. 393.
- ↑ Dick, Sassenberg (ed.): Guide through the Jewish Saxony-Anhalt. 1998, p. 362.
- ↑ Dick, Sassenberg (ed.): Guide through the Jewish Saxony-Anhalt. 1998, p. 362 ff.
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 '21.5 " N , 11 ° 7' 58.8" E