Jewish cemetery (Hahnheim)

The Jewish cemetery in Hahnheim was established around 1884. An desecration of the cemetery at the end of 1904 is reported in an article of the Frankfurter Israelitisches Familienblatt  The last burial in the Jewish cemetery in Hahnheim was in September 1938 (Emil Trum). In March 1945 the cemetery was destroyed (cf. inscription on memorial stone), the stones were used for the construction of a tank barrier. In 1948 the cemetery - as far as possible - was restored. Until today, however, the traces of the destruction are visible on the gravestones.
   
In the cemetery there is a memorial stone for Jewish victims of the Nazi era: "To the memory of the religious community perished by the Nazi regime. The cemetery was destroyed by the Nazis in 1945 and the gravestones were used to form a tank barrier." 
   
The cemetery area covers 11.22 ares. In two rows to the left and right today stand no more than just under 20 gravestones, loosely arranged. Characteristic of the cemetery are the ten mighty field maple trees visible from afar. The in the vernacular Judenpfad called path at the southern end of Hahnheim leads directly to the iron two-winged gate with the Star of David. 
 
The cemetery is maintained by the local fire department on behalf of the community. In the New Year's Eve 1987/88 the cemetery was desecrated by two 13 and 14 year old youths from Friesenheim and Köngernheim. They vandalized several gravestones in the process.