The Old Jewish Cemetery was probably already in use in the 18th century. It was around 2300 m in size and was recorded as the cemetery of the Limburg Jewish community on Heidestraße on the slope of the Mühlenberg in the Elsey community, which was independent until 1902. The cemetery was closed in 1903, but gravestones could still be found there around 1930. In the second half of the 20th century, the site was used as a sports field, among other things, and gravestones found during construction work were moved to the new burial ground.

The new Jewish cemetery in Hohenlimburg is located on the neighboring property and is 1166m in size. The Jewish community owned the land as early as 1860 and in 1885 it was designated as a new burial ground. Between 1887 and 1938, a total of 95 burials took place there, the last one in December 1938. The land was expropriated in 1941 in favor of the town of Hohenlimburg. In 1952, the Jewish Trust Corporation (JTC) was registered as the new owner, followed by the Landesverband der Jüdischen Gemeinden von Westfalen-Lippe.