New Jewish cemetery in Saarbrücken

Entrance gate of the New Jewish Cemetery

The New Jewish Cemetery in Saarbrücken , the state capital of Saarland , was laid out in 1918 and has been in use since 1920. The Jewish cemetery on Goldenen Bremm / Rue de la Princesse , directly on the French border, is a protected cultural monument .

history

The Jewish community of Saarbrücken buried its dead until 1920 in the old Jewish cemetery on Graf-Simon-Strasse and the corner of Komturstrasse. Since the community had grown significantly, it was necessary to purchase a new cemetery site.

Web links

• Saarbrücken (New Cemetery). In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. Saarland. Editor: Felicitas Grützmann. 2009
• The two Jewish cemeteries in Saarbrücken on Alemannia Judaica

Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′ 14.8 "  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 38.7"  E