New Jewish cemetery (Enkirch)

The new Jewish cemetery Enkirch is a cemetery in the local community Enkirch in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It stands as a cultural monument under monument protection .

The Jewish cemetery is located today in the Christian cemetery south of the country road L 192 / Starkenburger way. It has its own entrance via a small staircase, when it was built in 1885, it was still on the side of the Catholic and Protestant cemeteries. The first burial took place in 1887, a total of 27 people were buried there by 1928. It is unclear whether the two Jewish community members who died in 1931 and 1933 are still buried there, none of the two tombstones has survived, and there are no other older tombstones or the inscription tablets preserved tombstones are destroyed. ¹ The cemetery was restored from the 1960s onwards, and the tombstones that were still preserved were probably not re-erected at the corresponding burial sites.

1 Thomas Hüttmann: "... that one day the land will be taken from the Jews in this way ..." The Jewish residents of Enkirch before and during the time of National Socialism, Norderstedt 2019

Old Jewish Cemetery

Coordinates: 49.98060 ° N 7.13363 ° E

The old Jewish cemetery in Enkirch was approved and laid out around 1830, and the first burial took place in 1832. "The Jews who died earlier in Enkirch (2 people) are supposed to be buried on the street after a local population," note the Merischonim loacharonim ¹ in Enkirch, which is at today's exit in the direction of Traben-Trarbach near today's barrage.

According to this list of deceased, the old Jewish cemetery in Enkirch has 28 graves, the last burial takes place in 1884. The same source records for 1928: "Four stones are still present in the old cemetery, the area itself in a worthy condition." ²

The cemetery grounds in the forest can no longer be recognized as such, the tombstones are lost.

1 Friedmann, Hugo: Merischonim loacharonim, (self-published) 1929

2 Friedmann, Hugo: Merischonim loacharonim, (self-published) 1929

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Enkirch # Monument zones

Web links

• Jewish cemeteries in Enkirch near Alemannia Judaica (with 21 photos)
• Jewish cemeteries in Enkirch at the central archive for research into the history of Jews in Germany

Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '55.6 "  N , 7 ° 7' 46.9"  E