Jewish cemetery Odenkirchen

In 1840 the cemetery was established at the lower Kamphausener Straße. The 881 m² large area can hardly be seen from the outside today. The cemetery replaced an older Jewish cemetery in Odenkirchen. This is said to have been located nearby at the Hohlweg on the side of the Kölner Straße. The burial area of the cemetery is divided into two parts. The older part is not on the right side of the entrance. Here people were buried until the end of the 1880s. The younger part of the cemetery was used for burials from 1890 until about 1950. After that the cemetery was declared closed. However, due to exceptions, three burials still took place in the cemetery. Two in 1992 and the last burial took place in 2000. Another grave site is considered reserved. 

A memorial stone was erected at the entrance of the cemetery in 1991 to commemorate the Jewish persecutees at the time of National Socialism. The memorial stone was cut from sandstone and designed by the Odenkirchen artist Wilhelm Strunk. In a framed opening lies a globe with a Star of David. 

The cemetery was added to the list of monuments of the city of Mönchengladbach on 3.06.1993.