List of Jewish cemeteries in Germany
The list of Jewish cemeteries in Germany includes existing and former Jewish cemeteries in the real sense as well as mass graves and grave fields of the Holocaust and other burial sites. In Germany there are “almost 2000 Jewish cemeteries ”.
The following are concerned with recording the burial places of the Israelite communities:
- Central archive for researching the history of Jews in Germany
- Alemannia Judaica (working group for research into the history of Jews in southern Germany and the neighboring area)
- Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish History with its focus on documentation and research into Jewish cemeteries
One of the most famous Jewish cemeteries in Germany is located in Berlin-Weißensee with around 116,000 permanent grave sites.
List of cemeteries (incomplete)
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
| district | District | items | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf | Berlin-Charlottenburg | Jewish cemetery in Heerstrasse | from 1955 |
| center | Berlin center | Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Mitte | Grosse Hamburger Strasse 1671–1827 |
| Pankow | Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg | Jewish cemetery at Schönhauser Allee | 1827-1938 |
| Pankow | Berlin-Weissensee | Adass Yisroel Cemetery | Adass Yisroel parish cemetery from 1880 |
| Pankow | Berlin-Weissensee | Jewish cemetery Berlin-Weißensee | from 1880 |
| Spandau | Berlin-Spandau | Judenkiewer Spandau | 1244-1510 |
| Spandau | Berlin-Spandau | Jewish cemetery Berlin-Spandau | Cemetery of the Jewish community of Spandau, Schülerbergstrasse / Neue Bergstrasse, 1865–1940 |
| Treptow-Koepenick | Berlin-Koepenick | Jewish cemetery Berlin-Koepenick | Cemetery of the Jewish community in Köpenick, Dammvorstadt , Gehsener Straße, until 1961 |
- A frequently mentioned Jewish cemetery in front of the Georgentor , on the later Judengasse , is not proven by contemporary sources or archaeological finds.
Brandenburg
Bremen
| place | items | city | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastedt | Jewish cemetery on Deichbruchstrasse | Bremen | since 1796 |
| Schwachhausen | Riensberg Jewish cemetery | Bremen | since 2008 |
| Bremerhaven-Lehe | Jewish cemetery (Lehe) | Bremerhaven | since 1768 |
| Bremerhaven | Spadener Höhe Jewish cemetery | Bremerhaven | since 2013 |
Hamburg
Overview: List of cemeteries in Hamburg # Jewish cemeteries
| place | items | comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hamburg-Altona | Altona Jewish cemetery | |
| Hamburg-Bahrenfeld | Bahrenfeld Jewish cemetery | |
| Hamburg-Bergedorf | Bergedorf Jewish cemetery | |
| Hamburg-Harburg | Harburg Jewish cemetery | |
| Hamburg-Langenfelde | Langenfelde Jewish cemetery | |
| Hamburg-Neustadt | Jewish cemetery Neuer Steinweg | Emergency cemetery during the French occupation of Hamburg in 1813 |
| Hamburg-Neustadt | Jewish cemetery Kohlhöfen | Inner city cemetery of the Sephardic community in Hamburg 1627 to 1652, in 1653 the dead were reburied in the cemetery in Altona. |
| Hamburg-Ohlsdorf | Ohlsdorf Jewish cemetery | |
| Hamburg-Ottensen | Jewish cemetery Ottensen | |
| Hamburg-Rotherbaum | Jewish cemetery on the Grindel | |
| Hamburg-Tonndorf | Jenfelder Strasse Jewish Cemetery | Cemetery of the Wandsbek community from 1887 to 1942, partially destroyed |
| Hamburg-Wandsbek | Wandsbek Jewish cemetery | Cemetery of the Wandsbek community from 1675 to 1874 |
Hesse
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Lower Saxony
There are 232 known Jewish cemeteries in Lower Saxony. The two cemeteries in Bergen-Belsen as well as dissolved cemeteries such as B. the one in Dedesdorf. In 1951, the only four existing stones were brought to the Ovelgönne Jewish cemetery here.
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
Web links
Commons : Jewish cemeteries in Germany - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Jewish cemeteries in Germany with special consideration of the inscription documentation
- Jewish cemeteries in Bavaria - a project by the House of Bavarian History
- Documentation project "Jewish cemeteries in Brandenburg" of the University of Potsdam
- epidat - database on Jewish tombstone graphics
literature
- Zentralarchiv, Peter Honigmann (Ed.): Jewish cemeteries in Germany. Overview of all Jewish cemeteries in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany with special consideration of the inscription documentation. ; Cross-national projects
- Michael Brocke , Christiane E. Müller: House of Life. Jewish cemeteries in Germany. Reclam, Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-379-00777-3
- Ulrich Knufinke: Buildings of Jewish cemeteries in Germany. Petersberg 2008.
- Alemannia judaica (ed.): Jewish cemeteries in the region - Cimetières juifs dans la région ; 1. Jewish cemeteries in the area of "Alemannia Judaica" / 2. Jewish cemeteries throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria
- Michael Brocke / Eckehart Ruthenberg / Kai Uwe Schulenburg: Stone and Name. The Jewish cemeteries in East Germany (New Federal States / GDR and Berlin), Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-923095-19-8
- Sieghard Bußenius: Islands of Peace or Land with No Market Value ? Jewish cemeteries and their desecrations . In: Working Group for Research into National Socialism in Schleswig-Holstein (AKENS) (Ed.): Information on Schleswig-Holstein Contemporary History , No. 21 of November 1991, pages 5–101
- Brigitte Heidenhain: Jews in Wriezen. Her life in the city from 1677 to 1940 and her cemetery . Universitätsverlag, Potsdam 2007, ISBN 978-3-939469-39-1 .
- Klaus Meier-Ude, Valentin Senger: The Jewish cemeteries in Frankfurt am Main. 3rd revised and expanded edition. Fachhochschulverlag, Frankfurt 2004, ISBN 3-936065-15-2
- City archive Horb am Neckar (ed.): Graves in the forest. Traces of life on the Jewish cemetery in Mühringen - Documentation of the cemetery of the Jewish community and the rabbinate of Mühringen, which have been based in Mühringen for over 300 years . Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1828-5
- Ulrich Knufinke: The architecture of Jewish cemetery structures in Berlin. In: architectura. Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Baukunst 37 (2007), pp. 169–194.
- Berndt Schaller, Eike Dietert: On the steep slope. The Jewish cemetery in Adelebsen. Memory of a destroyed community. Göttinger Universitätsverlag, Göttingen 2010. ISBN 978-3-941875-14-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ uni-heidelberg.de quote from the central archive / Honigmann
- ↑ Central archive for research into the history of the Jews in Germany .
- ↑ Alemannia Judaica - Working group for research into the history of the Jews in southern Germany and neighboring areas .
- ↑ Website: http://www.steinheim-institut.de/wiki/index.php/Kategorie:Epigrafik
- ↑ Jewish cemeteries in the area of Baden-Württemberg (Alemannia Judaica)
- ↑ Concentration camp cemeteries and other cemeteries with graves of perished Jewish slave laborers during the Nazi era (Alemannia Judaica)
- ↑ Information on the old Jewish cemetery in Lörrach
- ↑ Information on the new Jewish cemetery in Lörrach
- ^ Israelitischer Verbands-Friedhof Waibstadt - Graves directory . Publishing house of the Israelitisches Verbandsfriedhofes, (Buchdruckerei Hermann Stein, Rappenau), Waibstadt 1914 / Main State Archives Stuttgart: inventory J 386 / Waibstadt
- ↑ Jewish cemeteries in Bavaria (Alemannia Judaica)
- ^ Jewish cemeteries in Berlin (archive), berlin-juedisch.de
- ↑ Siegfried Moses: On the history of the Jewish cemetery and funeral system in the Jewish community in Berlin ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Community Gazette of the Jewish Community of Berlin, 11/1913
- ^ Jewish cemeteries in Berlin and Brandenburg (Alemannia Judaica)
- ↑ Bremen; Status: February 20, 2003 (central archive) Note: The cemetery of the former Jewish community of Lesum is located in Ritterhude in Lower Saxony.
- ↑ Jewish General
- ↑ bremerhaven.de
- ^ Albrecht Schreiber: The Jewish cemeteries in Hamburg. postmortal.de
- ^ Jewish cemeteries in Hessen (Alemannia Judaica)
- ^ Entry on the Langendernbach Jewish cemetery in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Jewish cemeteries in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Alemannia Judaica)
- ^ Jewish cemeteries in Mecklenburg
- ↑ Lower Saxony; Editor: Tobias Kostial; First version: December 1998 (corrections May 2000, Jan. 2002) (central archive)
- ^ Zvi Asaria: The Jews in Lower Saxony: from the oldest times to the present. Verlag Rautenberg, Leer 1979, page 587
- ^ North Rhine-Westphalia (Westphalia / North Rhine); Editor: Claudia Pohl; First version: December 2002 (central archive)
- ↑ Monument number 148, 209 of the list of architectural monuments in Bad Salzuflen
- ↑ Osterberg; Architectural monument in the list of architectural monuments in Beverungen
- ↑ on the B241; Architectural monument in the list of architectural monuments in Beverungen
- ↑ Marking Manufacture; Architectural monument in the list of architectural monuments in Beverungen
- ↑ Monument numbers 98, 99, 100 in the list of architectural monuments in Blomberg
- ^ Willy-Brandt-Strasse; Monument number 51 on the list of architectural monuments in Dinslaken
- ↑ Sibbentruper Street; Monument number 27 on the list of architectural monuments in Dörentrup
- ^ Entry on Jewish culture and history in Duisburg in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ^ Entry on the Benrath Jewish Cemetery in Garath in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Council , accessed on November 18, 2019.
- ↑ Entry on Jewish cemetery on Hasenberg in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Am Jaitstein; Monument number 65 in the list of architectural monuments in Eslohe (Sauerland)
- ↑ Boeckelter Weg; Monument number GE10123 from the list of architectural monuments in Geldern , viewed on October 19, 2011
- ^ Jewish history and culture in Goch . In: KuLaDig, Kultur.Landschaft.Digital.
- ↑ Görscheider Weg; Monument number 17 on the list of architectural monuments in Heiligenhaus
- ^ Monument number 03.6 in the list of architectural monuments in Horn-Bad Meinberg
- ↑ Fritz Ostkämper: Jewish Cemeteries in Hoxter
- ^ Entry on the Krudenburg Jewish cemetery in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on November 9, 2017.
- ↑ Monument numbers 57, 85, 86 in the list of architectural monuments in Kalletal
- ↑ Monuments in the city of Kempen
- ↑ Entry on the Jewish cemetery Kamperlings / Oedt in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ^ Entry on Jewish cemetery Widdersdorfer Straße in Ehrenfeld in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Entry on the Jewish cemetery Gartenweg in Zündorf in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Lemgo, Ostertorwall in the list of architectural monuments in Lemgo
- ↑ Lemgo, corner of Konsul-Wolff-Straße / Behind the cemetery in the list of architectural monuments in Lemgo
- ↑ Waldstrasse / Postweg; Monument number 86 on the list of architectural monuments in Lügde
- ↑ Waldstrasse / An der Roten Kuhle; Monument number 119 on the list of architectural monuments in Lügde
- ↑ monastery gate; Monument number 50 on the list of architectural monuments in Lügde
- ↑ Schöppinger Strasse; Monument number 57 on the list of architectural monuments in Metelen
- ^ Entry on the old Jewish cemetery on Düsseldorfer Straße in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Entry on the Grimlinghausen Jewish cemetery in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Council , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ^ Entry on the Jewish cemetery in Rosellen in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Monument number B5 of the Nottuln monument list, viewed on October 19, 2011
- ^ Entry on 5 Jewish cemeteries in Oberhausen in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ^ Entry on Jewish cemetery Weseler Strasse (Rees) in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Entry on the old Jewish cemetery on the city wall in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Monument number 94 in the list of architectural monuments in Schieder-Schwalenberg
- ↑ Gartenstrasse; Monument number 18 on the list of architectural monuments in snakes
- ↑ Entry on Jewish cemetery Krefelder Strasse in Sankt Tönis (Tönisvorst) in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Entry on Jewish cemetery on the Strombusch in Vorst (Tönisvorst) in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Monument number 114 in the list of architectural monuments in Vlotho
- ↑ Bergstrasse; Monument number 29 in the list of architectural monuments in Werther (Westphalia)
- ↑ Römerstrasse; Monument number 9 on the list of architectural monuments in Wesseling
- ↑ Osnabrücker Strasse; Monument number 19 on the list of architectural monuments in Westerkappeln
- ↑ Rhineland-Palatinate; Editor: Claudia Pohl; Version: November 2006 (central archive)
- ↑ Jewish cemeteries in Rhineland-Palatinate - cemeteries in the administrative region of Rheinhessen-Pfalz (Alemannia Judaica)
- ↑ Jewish cemeteries in Rhineland-Palatinate - cemeteries in the administrative district of Koblenz (Alemannia Judaica)
- ^ Jewish cemeteries in Rhineland-Palatinate - cemeteries in the administrative district of Trier (Alemannia Judaica)
- ^ Entry on the list of Jewish cemeteries in Germany in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ^ Entry on Jewish cemetery Hamm (Sieg) in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ^ Entry on the Lütz Jewish cemetery in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ^ Entry on the Lutzerath Jewish cemetery in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ^ Entry on the Jewish cemetery "am Ehrlichsberg" in Miehlen in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Entry on the old Jewish cemetery Waldbreitbach in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 16, 2017.
- ↑ Saarland; Editor: Felicitas Grützmann; Version: April 2009 (central archive)
- ↑ The Jewish cemeteries in Saarland (Alemannia Judaica)
- ^ Jewish cemeteries in Saxony - Jewish Cemeteries in Saxonia (Alemannia Judaica)
- ^ Jewish cemeteries in Saxony-Anhalt (Alemannia Judaica)
- ↑ Leaflet on the Jewish cemetery in Wörlitz with details of all those involved in the construction, the builders, the financing ... , accessed on April 13, 2019.
- ^ Jewish cemeteries in Schleswig-Holstein (Alemannia Judaica)
- ^ Jewish Cemeteries in Thuringia - Jewish Cemeteries in Thuringia (Alemannia Judaica)
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