Jewish cemetery Schönebeck (Elbe)

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Jewish cemetery Schönebeck (Elbe)
Entrance gate
Way across the cemetery
Memorial stone

The Jewish cemetery Schönebeck (Elbe) is the Jewish cemetery of the town of Schönebeck (Elbe) in the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

The cemetery is at the northeast end of Dorotheenstrasse. Immediately north of the cemetery is the driveway to the Welsleber Bridge over the Magdeburg – Leipzig railway line .

Design and history

The cemetery was laid out in 1873 and covers an area of ​​590 m². There are said to be nine historical tombstones in the cemetery. The cemetery area is fenced and there are two stars of David at the gate . The cemetery served as a burial place for the Jewish community in Schönebeck .

A memorial stone was placed on the east side of the cemetery. It bears the inscription under a star of David:

THE 25 JEWISH
citizens OUR
TOWN WHICH THE
BREED MADNESS
TO VICTIMS FELL,
IN MEMORY -

In the local register of monuments , the cemetery is listed as a monument under registration number 094 60989 .

literature

  • 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. 393.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, page 3758 f.

Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 18.3 "  N , 11 ° 43 ′ 37.7"  E