Jewish cemetery on Doelen (Dinslaken)

The Jewish cemetery on Doelen is a former Jewish cemetery in the city of Dinslaken ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). It is located to the west of the Platz d ' Agen, located by the city park and named after the Aquitaine twin town Dinslakens .

history

The burial site was laid out after 1722 and occupied until the beginning of the 20th century; its successor is the Jewish cemetery in the park cemetery , which has been in use since 1906 . Due to road expansion, the Jewish cemetery disappeared at the beginning of the 20th century. Around 60 tombstones were moved to the new cemetery, where they are still lined up today.

literature

• Ursula Reuter: Jewish communities from the early 19th to the beginning of the 21st century . Bonn 2007, p. 34 ( Historical Atlas of the Rhineland , VIII.8), ISBN 978-3-7749-3524-2 .

Web links

• Entry on the old Jewish cemetery on Platz d'Agen (Jewish cemetery "on the Doelen", "am Doel") in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association

Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '48.3 "  N , 6 ° 44' 2.7"  E