Leper cemetery (Trier)
The former leper cemetery at the entrance to the Biewer district of Trier was the cemetery of the St. Jost infirmary . Seen from the church, it is located a little in the direction of the village exit on the opposite side of the country road above street level. Together with the chapel, the infirmary and the wayside shrine for collecting alms, it is a rare testimony to the welfare of lepers and a cultural monument of supraregional importance.
The cemetery has a size of 20 × 17 meters. On the north and east side it is limited by the vertical rock walls. These are relics from quarries that existed here in front of the cemetery. On the south and west side it is bordered by a roughly one meter high, partially collapsed wall made of quarry stone. Gravestones are no longer preserved. Remnants of the wall and beam holes can be found in the north wall.
The cemetery is freely accessible, but not signposted and only accessible via a beaten path. The immediate vicinity of the cemetery is wooded. Some trees grow in the cemetery itself. It is (as of October 2011) partially covered with rubbish and almost overgrown with blackberry tendrils.
literature
- Ulrike Weber: Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany, Cultural Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate, City of Trier, City Expansion and City Districts Volume 17.2, p. 232
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Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 30.9 " N , 6 ° 39 ′ 25.4" E