New Jewish Cemetery (Westhofen)

The New Jewish Cemetery Westhofen is located in the Westhofen district of the city of Schwerte in the Unna district in North Rhine-Westphalia . In the Jewish cemetery , which is part of the Mesenbecke municipal cemetery (from the town center towards the motorway to the end of the street), five tombstones have been preserved that are no longer in their original place. The burial site, which was occupied from the end of the 19th century until 1916, has now been prepared as a memorial .

• Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 32.7 "  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 29.3"  E

Old Jewish Cemetery

In the old Jewish cemetery on Reichshofstrasse, which can be reached via a narrow path behind house 158, there is only one tombstone. This cemetery was until the end of the 19th century is the 18th of center and is under the monument number A 114 as a monument in the monument list entered (see the monuments in Schwerte list ).

• Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 4.6 ″  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 16.7 ″  E

literature

• Mathias Wais: Jewish grave inscriptions in Schwerte. Jewish cemetery on the north wall. Jewish gravestones in the municipal cemetery in Schwerte-Westhofen. Jewish cemetery Schwerte-Westhofen, behind Reichshofstr. 158, Jewish gravestones in the municipal cemetery in Schwerte-Ergste. Self-published, Schwerte 2008, ISBN 9783867830140 .

Web links

• Schwerte (North Rhine-Westphalia) on jewische-gemeinden.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Westhofen (Neuer Friedhof) In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia, RZ
2. ^ Westhofen (Alter Friedhof) In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Jewish cemeteries in Westphalia, RZ