A Jewish cemetery was established in Heiligenstadt in the first half of the 19th century. The oldest grave is from 1829. The last burial in the Nazi period was in 1940. Possibly there was also still a burial in 1947  (Pauline Löwenstein in a grave without preserved inscription).  
The cemetery is surrounded by a plain wooden fence.    

In the 19th century, the congregation's services were initially held in rented rooms. In 1870, the congregation purchased a house in Stubenstraße and converted it into a synagogue. Master builder Fütterer initially planned a representative appearance for the front façade. However, since no subsidies came from the government, the plan could not be executed. The synagogue was built in 1872/73 and consecrated on September 10, 1873.

Jacob Schwalbe was the third chairman of the Jewish Community Representative Office in 1932. After the November pogrom in 1938, he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp.

Armin Grunsfeld was the second chairman of the Jewish Community Representative Office in 1932. After the November pogrom in 1938, he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp.

Max Oppenheimer was head of the Jewish Community Representative Office in 1932. After the November pogrom in 1938, he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp.

Alfred Weil was secretary as well as treasurer of the Jewish community in 1932. After the November pogrom in 1938, he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp.

Alexander Löwenthal was a community leader in 1932. After the November pogrom in 1938, he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp.

In the second half of the 15th century there were again individual Jews in the city (named since 1469). At that time, the Archbishop of Mainz allowed the Jews of Heiligenstadt to rebuild the "Judenhof" to be able to move into housing there (today street name "Am Jüdenhof", near the old market).

The Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery of the city of Gotha in the district of Gotha in Thuringia.

 In 1829, with the permission of the government of the Duchy of Gotha, a new burial ground "next to the Siechhofe on the road to Kindleben" - on the former Chaussee Siebleben - Erfurt (today's Erfurter Landstraße) - could be established. These burial grounds were located close to each other. It is possible that 1829 was only an extension of the cemetery of 1768. The cemetery was occupied until the new cemetery was established. There is nothing left of this cemetery today.