Jewish cemetery Schweinheim (Aschaffeburg)

A Jewish cemetery documented since the first half of the 18th century is located between the districts of Obernau and Schweinheim, which were incorporated into Aschaffenburg, on the "Judenberg" or "Am Erbig". In 1715 the government in Mainz approved the construction of the cemetery wall. Until 1942 the Jews who died in Aschaffenburg (until 1890) and other places in the area (Kleinostheim, Hobbach, Großostheim, Groß- und Kleinwallstadt, Goldbach, Obernau, Mömlingen, Niedernberg and Schöllkrippen) were buried in this cemetery. According to the documentation of Edna Dähne (born in Israel and living in Aschaffenburg), 542 gravestones have been preserved, the oldest one dating back to 1735. The cemetery is surrounded by a massive stone wall, partly overgrown with ivy. Characteristic are the birch trees growing in the cemetery. In the older part of the cemetery many gravestones have sunk into the ground. The youngest grave is located at the edge of the cemetery and is separated from the rest of the cemetery by a hedge. Here the Wolfsthal couple was buried together with five other people who committed suicide on September 6, 1942 shortly before their deportation. 
  
During the Nazi era and afterwards, the cemetery was repeatedly desecrated. In 1985, 42 gravestones were overturned and smeared. The cemetery area covers 92.90 ar.