Uffhofen Jewish cemetery

The small burial ground of the Jewish cemetery in Uffhofen in Gewann Judenkirchhof is located on a hillside on Wendelsheimer Weg, southwest of Uffhofen, in the midst of vineyards . The old trees are visible from afar. Of the seven graves, which all belong to the Althoff family , four are sandstone steles with an arched end and a characteristic circular motif, between 1871 and 1889, those of Moses Althoff (died 1883) with a Levite jug in relief . The three tall obelisk-like steles from 1906, 1911 and 1929 were made from black Swedish .

The site, which is significant in terms of local history, documents the need of even the smallest Jewish communities in the 19th century for their own cemetery .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Flonheim

literature

• Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany: Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate Volume 20.1: District of Alzey-Worms . Verbandsgemeinde Alzey-Land . Published on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Science, Further Education and Culture by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate Directorate State Monument Preservation. Edited by Michael Huyer and Dieter Krienke. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft : Worms 2013. ISBN 978-3-88462-327-5 ; P. 200

Web links

• Uffhofen Jewish cemetery at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany
• Uffhofen Jewish cemetery near Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 44.3 "  N , 8 ° 1 ′ 0.5"  E