Thallichtenberg Jewish cemetery

The Thallichtenberg Jewish cemetery is a cemetery in the Thallichtenberg parish in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It stands as a cultural monument under monument protection .

The Jewish cemetery is located northwest of the village by the sports field.

The 1500 m² cemetery, the older part of which was laid out in 1725 and the younger part in 1845, has 140 tombstones . Many of the tombstones are very elaborately designed. The oldest preserved stone - today weathered - is from 1747. The cemetery where the Jews who died in the area were buried, especially from Thallichtenberg, Baumholder, Konken, Kusel, Herchweiler-Haupersweiler, Altenglan and Ulmet, was occupied until 1930 .

The cemetery was desecrated in March 2008 : the tombstones were knocked over at a total of 15 grave sites, the grave borders damaged and memorial stones with Nazi slogans and symbols sprayed.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Thallichtenberg # Monument zones

Web links

• Thallichtenberg Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica (with 24 photos)
• Thallichtenberg Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '38.2 "  N , 7 ° 20' 42.4"  E