Jewish cemetery (Ellrich)

The Jewish community already had a cemetery in front of the Werna Gate in the 16th and 17th centuries. When this cemetery had become too small in the second half of the 18th century, the community acquired a plot of land in front of the Walkenrieder Tor in 1782. The last burial took place in 1915. The cemetery area covers about 25,00 ar. There are about 75 gravestones preserved. Many of them show traces of destruction and desecration. The memorial plaque located at the corner of Töpferstraße and Karlstraße was destroyed and removed in the 1990s, after which a new plaque was installed.  
 
No traces of the first Jewish cemetery have been preserved.