Online Archive of Jewish Cemeteries

The oldest cemetery, which no longer exists today, was founded in 1814 south of the present city center in Johannistal. He is today built over by clinics of the University of Leipzig. This cemetery existed until 1864 and was dissolved in 1936 by order of the municipality. The bones and some of the gravestones were moved to the cemetery on Delitzscher Straße.

Hüls, a district of Aachen, had and has no Jewish community. Since 2007, there is a cemetery next to the Christian cemetery, which serves the current burials.

From 1820 there were individual Jews in Haaren. Although the community strove for independence, the construction of a synagogue was refused. Even for the establishment of a prayer room it was not enough because of the small number of Jews.

From 1798, the first Jews are recorded in Eilendorf. They had a small private prayer room and from 1885 their own cemetery.

The cemetery was inaugurated in 1885 and last occupied in 1935. Today there are still 16 gravestones on the site. They are mostly no longer legible.

On the history of the small Jewish community of Jáchymov - with the historical designation 'synagogue community Alt-Grimnitz' - very little information is available.

The first cemetery was established in the 17th century, the new cemetery was established in 1850. It includes 121 gravestones and was not destroyed during the Nazi period.

The cemetery is located in western direction not far from the train station, north of the tracks, at the corner of Helbigstraße and Schulweg.

A burial ground had already been acquired in 1730, the oldest legible grave inscription there is from 1783, the last burial took place in 1940. In the Nazi period, but also in recent times,the cemetery was devastated, after 1990 a fundamental restoration took place.

Coming from Bad Freienwalde (B167), one sees soon after entering the village on the right a gas station. A few meters after that you turn left into Kastanienweg, and at the first opportunity left again into Siedlungsweg, at the end of which is the cemetery.

The Jewish cemetery „auf der Löh“ is part of the municipal cemetery of the city of Viersen. It is a 1576 square meter area, separated by Büsche and Bäume, located in the northwestern part of the municipal cemetery. In 1907, this part was transferred to the Jewish community, but the burial ground remained in municipal ownership. In exchange for the land, the Jewish community gave the city free of charge that part of the burial ground on Florastra&szlig, on which no burials had taken place.

The Jewish cemetery of Herbern exists from about 1800 and was occupied until 1927. In the cemetery at the Watervorwinkel 16 gravestones are preserved.

The cemetery experienced many desecrations and destructions during the Nazi period. He was restored after the war.

From Stresemannstraße turn eastward into Pferdebade street, and after the railroad underpass follow its continuation Beuthener Straße. The third street to the right is Kattowitzer Straße, into it you turn, and into the next one again to the right, into Kreuzburger Straße. After a few meters on the right side is the Jewish cemetery.