City walk Cologne
The trade fair and university city of Cologne, situated on the left and right of the Rhine in the "Cologne Bay", is the largest metropolis in North Rhine-Westphalia with a population of around 1.1 million. Its landmark, visible from afar, is Cologne Cathedral. Art, culture and carnival attract travelers to this day. Founded as Oppidum Ubiorum around 19 BC, Cologne (Colonia Agrippina) received Roman city rights in 50 AD. Around 450 it became the seat of the archbishopric.
The cemetery of Ballenstedt
Location:
Coming from the direction of Hoym, one reaches a small driveway to the right immediately before the place name sign "Ballenstedt". About it one reaches the entrance of the cemetery.
.The large area, enclosed by a wall, is empty except for a memorial stone erected in its center. The preserved about 15 gravestones were placed along the right outer wall (seen from the gate). Four memorial plaques are placed at its near-gate end.
The gate is locked, a plaque placed there indicates that a key is available at the town hall, room 11.
Judengasse - Osterberg
Jewish cemetery (Saarburg)
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.
Jewish cemetery (Buttenheim)
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.
Jewish cemetery (Ahlden)
In Ahlden exists a small Jewish cemetery with 16 gravestones. The oldest gravestone dates from 1832.
Jewish cemetery Hagenbach
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.
Jewish cemetery Seibersbach
Jewish cemetery Lisberg
A cemetery was established in Lisberg already in 1739 (or earlier). There are a good 130 gravestones preserved there. The cemetery is enclosed by an almost man-high wall and a dense hedge growing in front of it, and therefore only visible through the locked lattice gate.
.The cemetery can be found by leaving Lisdorf southwards in direction Frenshof and Steinsdorf. The first dirt road after the end of the village on the left leads between fields uphill to the cemetery, which is located on the tree-covered hilltop.
City walk Mühlhausen
The city tour of Jewish history Mühlhausen tells of the first settlement of Jews in the city around 1250 and describes the difficult coexistence of Jews and Christians in the late Middle Ages. In the 19th century, a larger Jewish community was established in Mulhouse, as evidenced by the still standing backhouse synagogue, one of the few remaining synagogues from the 19th century. Furthermore, the city tour shows at various places in the city center and at buildings that are still standing in part, the free spaces that were granted to active Jewish entrepreneurs since the 17th century.