Online Archive of Jewish Cemeteries

The Jewish cemetery of Schwanewede

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The cemetery of Schwanewede was probably founded at the end of the 18th century. The oldest gravestone dates from 1815, the youngest from 1924, and the last burial is said to have taken place in 1941. Today there are still 110 gravestones on the site. The cemetery served not only the Jews from Schwanewede but also from the surrounding villages as a burial ground.

Oberhausen Holten, Vennstrasse

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The occupation of the cemetery was from 1715 to 1933, the oldest tombstone dates from 1759. 

Until the end of the 19th century, the cemetery has also been used by Jews from Hamborn, Marxloh and Bruckhausen. The cemetery was closed in 1933 and destroyed in 1939. Restorations have taken place since the mid-1990s.

Oberhausen Lirich, at the West Cemetery

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In 1918, the cemetery in Lirich at the Emscherstraße was opened. The last grave was occupied in 1971. There are 70 stones available.

Some stones are said to come from the abandoned old Oberhausen cemeteries. An exact ¨bersicht is missing.

The cemetery was almost completely destroyed after 1933. Some stones were saved by the fact that cemetery gardeners buried them in the cemetery. These stones could be recovered after the war almost undestroyed.

Oberhausen - Harkortstrasse

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A Jewish cemetery probably existed from the middle of the 19th century until about 1900 at Harkortstraße, corner Schwarzwaldstraße. Further details are not known. Whether the gravestones disappeared or were moved to the Lirich cemetery cannot be determined exactly. Today, a green area has been built on the site of the cemetery. A memorial stone reminds of the former cemetery.

Cemetery Wittestrasse (Oberhausen)

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Here was a cemetery from 1912 in the northeastern part of the municipal cemetery. The first grave laying took place around 1918, the last around 1930. During the war, the cemetery was partially covered by a bunker, today the eastern part is probably under the highway 516. In the year  1946, some dead were reburied with the stones to the Lirich cemetery. The cemetery was bought by the city and is used differently today. The last remains of the cemetery were moved to the municipal cemetery in Lirich in 1970. There are no reliable dates.

Old cemetery (Oberhausen)

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About the oldest cemetery in Oberhausen is quite  little known. It is located on the site of the former municipal cemetery at the Kaisergarten. He has been lifted around 1922, the region was used as a slag heap of a nearby ironworks. There are no documents about the whereabouts of the gravestones. Possibly they were brought to the Liricher Westfriedhof at the Emscher street. No traces are found there.