The cemetery, first mentioned in 1804, may have originated as early as the 17th or 18th century.  After 1933 - and especially in the wake of the 1938 pogroms - it was repeatedly desecrated, and in 1950-52 some gravestones were put back in place. It was not until 2006 that a group of students from the local gymnasium began a thorough restoration: stones were placed as far as possible, gravestone debris was collected, and the entire site was restored to a suitably dignified condition.

The department store (Warenhaus) on Mauritiusplatz was built in 1892 by Julius Bormass. His son Moritz Bormass became a partner in 1905 and later the managing director of Julius Bormass GmbH. The crisis period of the 1920s finally drove the company into bankruptcy in 1927. In the following compulsory settlement, Moritz Bormass stood surety with his private assets. On September 1, 1942, Moritz Bormass and his wife Sophie, née Ballin, were deported to Theresienstadt. The adverse conditions prevailing there so stressed the couple that Moritz Bormass died already on September 12, 1942.

In the Jewish Address Book Frankfurt 1935 ( The 1935 Jewish Frankfurt Addressbook ) finds the following entry  -  Guggenheim, L., Lederw., Töngesgasse 27.

The senders send congratulations on the New Jewish Year in October 1910 - Tishri 5671

The cemetery was established in 1819/20, today there are about 300 graves preserved, plus the Tahara Hall.  The graves occupy only the third of the walled cemetery far from the entrance. The entrance gate is closed, the enclosing wall can be overlooked at various points.

In Ahlden exists a small Jewish cemetery with 16 gravestones. The oldest gravestone dates from 1832.

In the address book of the city of Berlin - edition 1894 can be found in the " Schillstraße 12 II " following entry: Lewent R., née Moses, widow, pensioner, Schillstraße 12 II.  Felix Lewent was a son of Hermann Lewent and Regina Lewent, née Moses. Felix had 3 other brothers, - Kurt. Hans and Leo. Kurt Lewent died in the USA in 1964. Hans Lewent died in 1955 in England.

In the address book of the city of Berlin - edition 1877 the following entry can be found: - Siegm. Pinkuß, merchant, Behrenstraße 54 II,

Hagenbach was in the first half of the 19th century one of the most important Jewish rural communities in Upper Franconia, until 1894 the seat of one of the five district rabbinates of the Bamberg State Rabbinate. At times, the Jewish community accounted for more than half of the village population.

The first settlement of Jews in Hagebach probably dates back to the time of the Thirty Years' War, in the following decades the sovereigns encouraged their settlement, and by 1730 there were already almost 30 families in the village.