The dead of the Jewish community were initially buried in Baiersdorf, until in 1891 a separate cemetery could be established in Erlangen. A long period of planning and application had preceded. Initially, the Jewish Community of Erlangen had received several negative notices from the responsible authorities, until in April 1891 a plenary resolution of the city council allowed the construction of a burial ground "Auf dem Berg 11 1/2". The cemetery was consecrated on September 30, 1891 by the Fürth District Rabbi Dr. Jakob Neuburger. 

The Old Jewish Cemetery of Munich is located in the Sendling district and was in use from 1816 to 1907. This cemetery was expanded in 1854, 1871 and 1881. It is surrounded by a high brick wall, which was rebuilt again in 1881 and has a length of 575 meters. In total there are about 6,000 gravestones. Worth seeing is, among others, the tomb of the playwright Michael Beer (d. 1833, brother of the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer), designed by L. v. Klenze. The first occupied sections of the cemetery have the numbers 11 and 12.