Jewish cemetery Tonndorf / Jenfelder Straße

The community in Wandsbek, which had existed since the 17th century, buried its dead in the old K nigsreihe cemetery. After this was completely full, a new site was purchased in Jenfelder Stra e e (formerly Jenfelder Weg) and a cemetery was established there, initially for 388 graves. It was opened in the summer of 1877. In the same year, a mortuary, a Kohanim hall and an apartment for the cemetery caretaker were also built. The total area would have allowed an expansion to 1000 plots. Between 1887 and 1942, 143 bodies were buried in the cemetery. Since 1919, urn burials have also been permitted, even though cremations are not allowed according to traditional Jewish understanding. In 1913, 1915 and 1934, strips of land were sold to the Reichsbahn.

During the November pogrom, the cemetery was closed. In 1943, the site had to be forcibly sold to the state. A warehouse for potatoes was built on the reserve area and other parts of the cemetery were destroyed in the process.

As a result of the handover process, which lasted until 1959, the undeveloped part of the cemetery was returned to the Jewish community of Hamburg. Contrary to the actual promise of the Hamburg community, 39 bodies were exhumed and partly reburied within the cemetery. Other graves are located under the warehouse or have been destroyed. 44 gravestones have been preserved in the cemetery. Only one row of linden trees on the east side can be seen from the original landscaping. The dilapidated warehouse is no longer in use today. The original buildings of the cemetery have not been preserved.

According to the planning concept for the construction of the S4 railway line, the dilapidated warehouse is to be demolished to make way for new tracks and a noise barrier. The ditches still presumed to be under the hall were included in the planning and the project was coordinated with the Jewish community.

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