Jewish cemetery (Bingen am Rhein)

The medieval Jewish community in Bingen did not yet have its own cemetery. Like the Rheingau Jews, the Bingeners brought their deceased to the cemetery in Mainz.     
   
A Jewish cemetery in Bingen was not established until the 2nd half of the 16th century. In 1570 the Jewish community had acquired a small site on the hillside between woods and pastures far outside the city walls as a burial ground. According to the community memorandum book created in 1789, a first burial was made as early as 1562. The entrance to this cemetery was located in the southeast corner; the walled gate is still recognizable.