Jewish cemetery (Witzenhausen)

 The Jewish cemetery in Witzenhausen was probably established in the 17th century in the area of the "old castle". In 1765 it was expanded by an agreement with the city and the "hereditary interest ownership of the city garden located at the ferry for use as Todtenhof" was regulated by the Jewish community. In a 1985 survey of the surviving gravestones, the oldest stone found was dated "around 1680." A total of 209 stones were still preserved at that time, 56 of which are in the newer part of the cemetery with graves from the 20th century. In the cemetery there is a memorial stone with the names of 55 people who were deported and murdered from Witzenhausen during the Nazi period.