Online Archive of Jewish Cemeteries

There are 16 gravestones of Jewish soldiers from the 1914 - 1918 war preserved in the Jewish cemetery of honor at the Waldfriedhof Aachen. They are located on a small, elevated area near the entrance of the cemetery. The gravestones are difficult to find in the huge grave fields.

Jews settled in East Frisia since the beginning of the 16th century. In this time there was already a Jewish community in Norden. In 1569 the first cemetery was leased. It was the first cemetery in East Frisia. Also the Jews from Emden and Aurich buried their dead zunächst here.

The first synagogue was built in 1804 and rebuilt in 1903. A mikvah was attached to it. Next door was the school building and a house with administrative rooms.The synagogue was burned down in 1938.

The island of Norderney belonged to the synagogue community of Norden.

In 1880, the cemetery on the East Glacis was purchased. Burials took place from 1881 to 1983.

The cemetery is surrounded by a wall, today there are still about 170 stones on the area. This cemetery was considerably devastated between 1933 and 1945 and gradually restored in recent decades.

In contrast to the "old" cemetery at the Esplanade, the gravestones look rather uniform, almost unadorned and unprosaic. There are many lying gravestones.

Documents about Jewish life in Wesel are found for the first time for the year 1266. Through the persecutions in the context of the Crusades to the plague pogroms around 1350, only individual Jewish families in Wesel can be traced.
. A modest Jewish community had emerged toward the end of the 16th century, and a century later a significant and successful community had developed. Around the year 1900, the maximum number of Jewish citizens was 300 people. They played a significant role in the economic life.

The plot on the Esplanade was purchased by the Jewish community towards the end of the 17th century. Presumably, there has been a Jewish cemetery elsewhere before.

The oldest gravestone dates from 1732.

In the second half of the 19th century a synagogue was built, also the small cemetery was probably created around this time.

Against the house Altenbergstr. 27. Coming from Konz, follow the L 138 through the village, and turn left behind the Aktiv-Markt into the Altenbergstraße (sign). The cemetery is enclosed by a wall, but through the closed gate completely visible.

There are 12 graves from the first decades of the 20th century.

The cemetery is well kept

As of July 2010.

Since the middle of the 19th century, the cemetery existed.

Coming from Konz, turn right from Saarburgerstr. (B 61) into Reinigerstraße. Immediately after house No. 5, between the house and a garden, a footpath branches off to the left. After about 20 m to the right the (locked) cemetery gate, through which the cemetery can be overlooked.

There are 15 graves in the cemetery, which was established after 1850 and used until 1936.

The cemetery looks well kept.

As of July 2010.

The cemetery was occupied from 1860. Before that, the dead were buried in Issum. The cemetery, which still has 104 gravestones, is located on Bockelter Strasse.

The cemetery is surrounded by a high hedge. It is divided into two halves by a wide path.

The Jewish cemetery was established in the 19th century.

It is located in the municipal cemetery Gartenstraße, behind the funeral hall.

There are 9 gravestones from the years between 1919 and 1937.

The cemetery is reasonably well kept as part of the general cemetery maintenance.

The älteste cemetery Viersens was established in 1768 and was located on the Venloer Strasse. The cemetery was abolished and is today a green area. After the äolder Jewish cemetery on Venloerstra;e had been closed in 1873, a new Jewish cemetery had been established in the same year on the Kampweg. Burials were held here until 1916. The burial ground, surrounded by a fence and hedges, is not freely accessible today. Preserved are a total of 25 gravestones, these are partly very badly destroyed.