Jewish war memorial (Eppingen)

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War memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Eppingen

The Jewish war memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Eppingen , a town in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg , was erected after the First World War . The war memorial , like the entire cemetery, is a protected cultural monument .

description

The war memorial is located opposite the iron entrance gate of the cemetery and is therefore immediately visible to every visitor to the cemetery. The memorial was erected in honor of the Jewish soldiers who fell in World War I from the catchment area of ​​the Eppinger Friedhofsverband:

  • Moritz Oppenheimer (born April 15, 1889; died January 1, 1915 at La Bassée ) from Gemmingen
  • Abraham Fleischer (born September 3, 1882; died March 22, 1915 in Szupy) from Mühlbach
  • Max Wertheimer (born April 26, 1888; died July 8, 1915 in the Ardennes )
  • Max Oppenheimer (born August 12, 1887; missing on the Somme since July 1, 1916 ) from Gemmingen
  • Hugo Herzog (born April 18, 1887; died February 12, 1915 in the Carpathian Mountains )
  • Wilhelm Freudenthaler (born March 21, 1883; died March 22, 1918 near Saint-Quentin ) from Richen
  • Max Ottenheimer (born April 17, 1897; died March 21, 1918 on the Somme ) from Gemmingen
  • Max Würzburger (born March 25, 1887; died December 9, 1918 in English captivity) from Eppingen

The war memorial made of local sandstone is erected in the form of a row grave. The following inscription is located on the base zone: See I, the Eternal, give him my covenant of peace because he is jealous for his God IV. Moses II. 12.13 .

Above the boards with the names and dates of the deceased is a triangular gable , which is adorned with acroteria at the top and the ends . A laurel branch and the iron cross are shown in relief in the triangular gable . The years 1914 and 1918 can be seen on the left and right.

literature

  • Ralf Bischoff and Reinhard Hauke ​​(eds.): The Jewish cemetery in Eppingen. A documentation . 2nd Edition. Heimatfreunde Eppingen, Eppingen 1996 ( Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and its surroundings . Volume 5).
  • Karl Diefenbacher: Ortssippenbuch Eppingen in Kraichgau . Interest group Badischer Ortssippenbücher, Lahr-Dinglingen 1984 ( German Ortssippenbücher, series A. Volume 109) ( Badische Ortssippenbücher . Volume 52).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ortssippenbuch Eppingen im Kraichgau (see literature) No. 12052

Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 44 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 17 ″  E