Jewish cemetery (Warburg)

A first Jewish cemetery in Warburg was established in 1687 in the Mollhauser Graben in front of the northwestern town wall - in the Zwinger area - of Warburg's new town. The land was leased from the town. This cemetery was occupied until about 1828. It had been extended in 1758, 1772 and 1796. In 1828 the town sold the plot after a legal dispute with the Jewish community, which the latter had lost. No gravestones are preserved from this period.  

In 1829 to 1832 a new Jewish cemetery was established on the Burgberg, respectively not far from the so-called Sacktor, which directly adjoined the municipal cemetery established within the Burgberg walls.  
The cemetery was desecrated during the Nazi period; many gravestones were destroyed. A memorial was erected from gravestone fragments in 1945 at the behest of the military government. In place of destroyed gravestones, replacement gravestones (in Zechit-Hartstein) were erected to restore a dignified appearance to the cemetery. These replacement gravestones contain the name of the deceased and a "Star of David". Today, about 285 gravestones are preserved. The last burial to date took place 2010 in the cemetery.  
  
In front of the cemetery, memorial plaques with the names of deported Jewish residents of Warburg were placed along the wall in 1995. 

The cemetery is located on Burgberg immediately adjacent to the municipal cemetery. The key is available at the flower store Deist (near the municipal cemetery).